MADRID: Spanish police stated on July 4 that they had seized three underwater drones able to transporting giant portions of medication from Morocco to Spain and damaged up a gang suspected of producing them.
Officers seized three so-called “drone submarines” which have been beneath building and arrested eight folks in Spain, a police assertion stated.
“The three – two of which were being built and one which was practically completed – were to be delivered to French drug traffickers for transporting large quantities of cocaine,” it stated.
Each one may carry as much as 200 kilogrammes (440 kilos) of product.
Police stated it was the first time that they had seized such units, that are formally referred to as unmanned underwater autos (UUVs).
“These devices could allow drug traffickers to transport large quantities of narcotics remotely across the Strait of Gibraltar,” the assertion stated.
The gang additionally manufactured aerial drones, with police seizing a number of giant UAVs with 12 motors every and a spread of 30 kilometres, greater than sufficient to cross the 15-kilometre (nine-mile) strait between Spain and Morocco.
The gang additionally constructed false bottoms into autos to move medication.
Their prospects included prison gangs in Denmark, France, Italy and Spain, police stated.
Spain’s bodily proximity to Morocco, a significant cannabis producer, and its shut ties with former colonies in Latin America, a significant cocaine-producing area, have made it a key entry level for medication sure for Europe. – AFP
