Drug-Smuggling Submarine Seized as Puerto Rico Busts Accelerate

U.S. DOJ in Puerto Rico said $75 million in cocaine was found
Puerto Rico cocaine seizures outpacing previous two years

U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Stephen Muldrow
Photographer: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images

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By Jim Wyss

April 26, 2021 at 7:00 PM UTC

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The U.S. Department of Justice in Puerto Rico said Monday that authorities had made a record-breaking cocaine bust after officials seized a submarine in Caribbean waters.

Officials captured a 52-foot (15.8 meter) long, 8-foot-wide semi-submersible carrying 2,500 kilograms (5,512 pounds) of cocaine worth about $75 million, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Stephen Muldrow said at a press conference.