Death on a narco-sub: Terrifying discovery during underwater cocaine smuggling

Ever wonder if it’s safe crammed into a homemade narco-submarine, sharing limited space only with other narcos and tons of coke? Now we know: it’s not. When Colombia’s navy intercepted this narco-sub in the Pacific, inside they found three tons of cocaine, and two dead narco-sailors. Let me tell you about.
The Mob Reporter here with an armada of news on narco submarines - one of my favorite subjects - so much news it seems drug subs may soon reset what we think we know about global bulk cocaine movement, erasing the strategic focus on commercial ports.
The grim find was announced by the Colombian military on March 12, 2023. A narcosub was spotted in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia. Inside they found 2,643 kilos of cocaine tightly pressed into waterproof bricks - which was anticipated - and then something that was unexpected: Two bodies of narco-submariners. The Colombian military caught at least six narco subs over two weekends. Some were caught off Colombia’s Pacific coast and some off its Caribbean coast. Two were found in a blackmarket shipyard, along with anticipated cargo.
Around the same time as Colombians examining their narcosub haul, off the western coast of Spain, in an area known as a smuggler’s paradise, fishermen spotted this: a narco sub seemingly adrift.
Only the sub’s front tip was visible, as it floated almost vertically. Like an iceberg, most of its 50-foot length was underwater. It was found in the Ría de Arousa off the Atlantic coast in Galicia. They refloated the sub and towed it to a nearby port. There they had a good look at it, inside and out.
Narcosubs are popping up more often, in more places. It seems global transit of bulk cocaine is undergoing another transformation, away from shipping containers arriving at major ports, or at least greater diversification towards increased underwater navigation. As technology improves, I expect we’ll see much more of this ahead.
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[@alaskansummertime]

We all live in a Narco Submarine...a Narco Submarine

[@TheMobReporter]

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[@13699111]

That's good ,HA!!!

[@mo6278]

By the way is it yellow 😅

[@TookieMacSpookie]

😂😂😂😂 brilliant

[@bitcoinbeavis7742]

It should be we all die in a narco submarine- just saying

[@WICKEDMAN85]

Jules Verne would of been impressed and inspired to write books about these Narco drug pionners! Even if they do look like Certain sea coffins! Keep going Mob Reporter, you deserve a Netflix programme.

[@snowkracker]

I’m actually really impressed with their ingenuity.

[@der_cumsportler1022]

So much ingenuity that the pilots suffocate inside

[@ese3v]

@@der_cumsportler1022 first of many

[@xSCHEF]

Necessity is the mother of inventions! Necessity in this case is ‘we need to traffic coke’

[@again5162]

I've always thought fast tiny drones are better the jet type that do 400kmph

[@mo938]

@@der_cumsportler1022 that's like saying oil companies don't have ingenuity bc they had an oil spill. Accidents happen, that doesn't mean they don't have ingenuity. What a dumb statement.

[@der_cumsportler1022]

freight is worth 87 million dollars but they can't afford proper ventilation for the crew?

[@hint0122]

Expendable. Remember, most of the time they just leave the subs after they use them.

[@Happy357mag]

I'm very disappointed that none of the subs were painted yellow!

[@JoeRogansGutBiome]

I'm convinced The Mob Reporter is a world Super Boss and he is reporting all this because he is taking out his competition.

[@lightfountain]

Geez..some of you are so dark

[@TheMobReporter]

You've said too much already.

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LOL, he's got everyone tricked😅

[@PurplePerinaise]

😂

[@phraydedjez]

@@TheMobReporter or maybe you have. This is a tangled Web of deception and infiltration of the you tube comment section... let me tell you about it

[@Spiritueli]

gosh, when you say "3 tons" of that thing, i cant even wrap my mind around just how hughe that is ...

[@me.1475]

i love how the very first priority is to take all the coke out of the sealed bags and spread them across the pavement like complete bafoons. i wonder how many bricks walked that day

[@vn8106]

This is my favorite Subject too Mr Mob Reporter thank you for telling me about it

[@TheMobReporter]

You're welcome, VN.

[@somerandomfella]

Supply is only increasing if the demand is increasing. That little pick me up that people take every weekend needs to come from somewhere..

[@RareTS]

i cant think of a single coke head i know that only takes some on the weekend it only starts that way

[@finnmcginn9931]

@@RareTS so true.

[@studiofatal2023]

Supply has always been coming in. I think EU ports are becoming too hot. Or have become uncontrollable. Cutting out new middlemen with new import strategies seems like a savvy business move.

[@1leech]

​@@studiofatal2023Birdy Num Num

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

Currently we have higher supplies than we did in rhe 80s

[@jacobbranker159]

Another excellent report. That last submarine is really impressive. these crime organizations are displaying some serious power and ingenuity.

[@matcheer9909]

Nobody got a safety inspection for that engine ? Good.

[@69dblcab]

Another great video. Thank you.

[@Trav81888]

Excellent job as always TMR. A fine job once again.

[@-aussie-]

Gives a whole new meaning to the term underworld.

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Mob reporter appreciate all the work brother thanks for the news updates as usual brother

[@TheMobReporter]

You're welcome, SR.

[@giannicatalano6062]

Great channel, always incredible videos to watch

[@BAC-bm8em]

I can see see some of the smaller subs being transported across the ocean on a mothership and released in international waters close to their destination. Some looked small enough to fit in a shipping container.

[@igordrakulovic6857]

Agree. I don't bye them crossing ocean on their own, No chance.

[@TheMobReporter]

Investigators say they have confirmed transatlantic journeys. Some have been said to be dropped from motherships, but if they're getting that close to the shore they can just drop the cargo off with speedboats, fishing boats and yachts -- much cheaper.

[@alisonhilll4317]

I wouldn't like to cross the Atlantic in one of those things .

[@taxiuniversum]

@@alisonhilll4317 Yea. Sounds like a fucking suicide mission.

[@again5162]

​@@alisonhilll4317every year some crazy person is trying to kayak around the world just to breaker make a record these drug smugglers are far more desperate

[@CasHolstein]

Always great content, thanks.

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

Could you do a video on the man from Grosse Pointe Michigan who attempted to traffick Coke through a narco sub?

[@JuulOrDie]

Fascinating stuff as always sir. Thank you!

[@TheMobReporter]

Thanks for watching, DH. Please spread the word.

[@jeffbrownstain]

I thought the thumbnail was showing me one of those military dolphins I keep herring about

[@TheMobReporter]

Is your use of the word "herring" a typo or a fantastic pun?

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@@TheMobReporter It legitimately started as a typo, I left it when I saw the pun. I'm glad you think it was fantastic.

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Fantastic

[@RichardBaran]

Favorite channel on YT. Though I do miss "let me tell you about it"

[@TheMobReporter]

It's there, RB - just a bit later than usual in my introduction: 01:18

[@baileybrewer1172]

Highlight of my time on the internet today! Thanks as always, M.R.

[@dimmacommunication]

Your most famous video is the submarine one , I started following your channel that time 😁

[@TheMobReporter]

That will no doubt remain my most popular video throughout all of time. Maybe that's part of the reason I love narcosubs!

[@TheMobReporter]

If you don't know what Andrea is talking about, it is this video that almost has 18 million views: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqTWnnial7xgjaM

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@@TheMobReporter my favorite of all time is the Russian mob group all on the ground after a bad car deal. With Russian special forces standing over them. The editing and music was excellent. Only wish it had subtitles.

[@freddyfox5002]

Just make drugs legal already Learn from the prohibition

[@RichardBaran]

Dear God yes and I'm a 20 plus recovering addict and former dealer. If someone is going to use or sell drugs you're extremely unlikely to stop them. You probably have a dealer or 6 in your neighborhoods.

[@deserteagle10]

Yes because legalizing marijuana sure did a good job getting rid of the illegal weed...

[@toxicosam]

@@deserteagle10 reduced it for sure, the only thing i hate about the legalization of weed in canada is that all the new money didnt change anything at all on our health care and public service. what are they doing with all those fresh millions? who know...

[@nicholasmolinaro9141]

@@deserteagle10 It was done wrong. When they set up legal stores they taxed the shit out of it forcing people to continue to buy blackmarket. If the taxes were very little and the states looked at as a long term money maker instead of short term profit there wouldn’t be any problems. The blackmarket would need to pursue a different avenue because weed wouldn’t be worth enough for them to sell. All greed, is what it boils down to.

[@THYCR3AT0R]

@@deserteagle10 Weed was recreationally legalized in Canada 5 years ago, I'm sure some bootleggers were still making booze 5 years after it was legalized again, but it died off eventually. You don't just flip a switch and shutdown a multi hundred million if not billion dollar black market over night.

[@AbolishYTHandles]

Great video, I always look forward to your uploads.

[@alisonhilll4317]

Nice one 😊😊

[@bitcoinbeavis7742]

I “sub” scribed

[@TheMobReporter]

Nicely done, BB.

[@John-mf6ky]

God, I couldnt imagine being stuck in a dark claustrophobic narco-sub in the middle of the ocean, sounds like a literal nightmare.

[@jahnwishart-ly6ov]

Thanks again for the quality videos, Adrian!

[@jacktripper8726]

These people are making submarines from scratch..........in the jungle!

[@deanlowndes4647]

Great episode I love your work, keep it coming

[@kiskakuznetsova503]

Thank you, please keep up the good work. According to an article I read on Gawker, maybe 15 years ago, the narcos choose sub operators who are compromised by them and are for all intents and purposes slaves of the mob/druglords. They are 100% expendable and it's rare that they survive more than a few runs. That abandoned sub is interesting. It's a sick world. Almost makes you wanna get high.

[@human_bot_]

Another fabulous video from my favorite channel!!

[@moranmichael9226]

thank you for another hit video brother

[@tashman84]

Another fantastic watch. Thanks MR

[@TheMobReporter]

Thank you, TA, thank you. I appreciate this.

[@bossman1744]

that fully submersible sub was insane

[@thehappyscrappydan8439]

Great content as always mate. Can you just imagine what that trip is like in one of these subs!?

[@wgolyoko]

"It suffered deficiencies in handling" bro you can't murder people freely like that

[@Strangernightg]

How are you , Mob Reporter , let me tell you that as always you did an awesome job with the video !! Thank you and your introduction is always on outstanding 💯😇🙏🏻👍

[@interlocutor3723]

As always mob reporter excels…the best .

[@Graterstuuf]

A movie on a submarine mission and the goings on inside and out needs to be made.

[@explorecriminalminds]

love your content

[@dazuk1969]

Fully submersible drug subs are a real worry. Forget shipping containers, these things can literally go anywhere undetected. The big drug cartels can afford to build them as well. I wonder how many are already out there ?.

[@jonatand2045]

Enough that whoever wants drugs gets them. Since long it has been clear the war on drugs is a scam.

[@martintaylor984]

Excellent as always!!!! Would love to see more On subs

[@utube012341]

Me again , interesting fact , I was on a submarine in the United States Navy . Part of qualifying was being able to draw all systems and explain functions. Fast forward 42 years and I’m an experienced mechanic and fabricator ( to an extent). Thankfully I’m past my drug trafficking days or else I might be tempted . You need an actually submarine capable of going down 200 or more feet to escape storms . Once in the North Atlantic we had to drop from an attempt at periscope depth to -400 feet before we stabilized . I was at the helm operating the rudder and fairwater planes so I saw the depth gauge . Interesting enough but a submarine is impervious to storms as long as it isn’t trapped in shallow waters

[@Semiemily]

Excellent video. Loved the old sub!

[@eriknippak5659]

What got me hooked on this channel was an episode my son sent me of a semi-submerged that was chased down by the US Coast Guard and boarded as it was moving - right out of a movie. The semi- submersibles are very cool episodes.

[@rcsnapon2132]

Nice info friend 😊

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

Would you do a video on UNODC’s 2023 report on cocaine? I think you’d love the maps

[@TheMobReporter]

It is an interesting report. I will consider this, thanks, it is a decent idea, although short on "action" perhaps.

[@albusai]

Undoc? What's that?

[@stevekissel605]

Great video 👍 👍

[@skeletontoes7692]

Thanks MR

[@bckelley90]

Great work 👍

[@HLBNZ]

I asked a former Coast Guard buddy about the frequency of these submarines.... He just plugged his nose and sang "Yellow Submarine" so he was no help.....

[@1320420]

In a few years, the cartel will have unmanned submarines.

[@johan8724]

Thats what i thought, farmers plow fields with unmanned tractors so technically very well possible i guess.

[@ic7481]

Elon Musk's Starlink will help with that

[@loubowen6649]

Wow I need to find one of those,lol

[@jormabaines3651]

Excellent research

[@josedesveladas2112]

my favorite topic. thamks

[@RichardBaran]

I can solve this problem! I'm not sure if anyone has thought of this idea. It could be legalized and shipped like everything else. It's a win win. Extremely poor people would no longer have to shove themselves into floating sardine can.

[@13699111]

I agree with your comment

[@laptopdroptop9457]

Idk they gov will tax and regulate it enough for a black market to still happen.imo we need more education and mental recourses.

[@RichardBaran]

@@laptopdroptop9457 Just like alcohol but guess what moonshine isn't nearly as popular as just running down to the store, paying a tax and hell now a days Uber Eats will bring it to you. You are correct about the education.

[@sandrawesseln9619]

Another excellent job

[@JuulOrDie]

Thanks!

[@TheMobReporter]

Hey, DH, thank you so much. This is appreciated.

[@az0970449]

i wouldnt take that piece of junk across sebagp lake

[@xixi560]

RIP to those fallen. Always a good day when The Mob Reporter posts 👌

[@RobertDooley-sl7cp]

They should be automating these "subs". No reason for crew that could be caught.

[@TheMobReporter]

I suspect there is some of that going on too.

[@BenMilford]

This is such a good episode.

[@anthonypie9509]

Everyone silent, Mr golden voice have story to tell 🤔

[@dunco7038]

Nice job

[@me.1475]

just pulling up free coke by the tons .......id love to be a part of the gang that gets to do with the drugs whatever tf they please. aka the police force and their superiors

[@nyunixguru]

Colombia to Spain ? That’s a long way. Need a lot of fuel for that trip.

[@just_il6183]

Great job

[@MakerInMotion]

Columbian Navy: "We seized 3 tons of cocaine." The Cartel: "Wait a second, there were 5 tons of cocaine on that boat."

[@mr.mcgurt2679]

Gotta build that sea wall. 😅

[@chris2fer1977]

And another great story

[@sunnohh]

Knowing how cheap pure coke is in the midwest of merica….we gotta end the war on drugs, coke is like $20 a gram now

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

Can I recommend a report for you? 2023’s report on cocaine by UNODC

[@phraydedjez]

That's why the Australian market is so lucrative. It's probably 15 times that

[@konstantingrudnev8374]

Then how CIA gonna fund itself ?

[@Hearmeout503]

'' let me tell you about it '' ,, PRICELESS !

[@TheMobReporter]

Thank you, LHM!

[@THYCR3AT0R]

Damn, and that 100 foot long submarine from Ecuador was found in 2010, I'd so love to see the cartels best and most secret tools.

[@TheMobReporter]

This exactly! I figure the tools that get found are their failures; we don't see their successes until they've been in use for a few years.

[@JG-hy8kv]

Back with other banger

[@michellecarson4931]

Bangin content, 1 love from Scotland peace..

[@Rehk]

4:05 aahahah I’m childish lol

[@TheMobReporter]

I knew what I was doing 😂

[@Spacelt7]

If you can build a submarine, you can build anything.

[@ic7481]

Next they'll be building stealth planes

[@junipersnow1]

Next the'll be paying State and federal Politicians to just drive it up... oh, they already do that. These are mom and pop distributers, there competition getting busted, where have you guys been?

[@MichielBruijn]

Bedankt

[@TheMobReporter]

Dank je wel, MB.

[@cirurs]

🐐

[@Bro_Vet_Grows_360]

I live up near the Canadian border along the strait of San Juan de Fuca. I’ve always wondered why narcos aren’t using subs to cross the strait. Back in the day they used to trade bc bud for coke pound for pound and they used speed boats in between the islands. All that seems to have died down even though the price of coke and usage of it in Canada has sky rocketed

[@TheHomelessVoyager]

I don’t know if you’re being serious or you literally have no clue. Narcos use that route all the time. Every now or so they drop it off in the mountains of bc. Maybe we’ll get another cocaine bear 2 🐻

[@TheMobReporter]

That's a beautiful area. But how do you know they aren't using narco-subs? Until they're caught, we don't know for sure.

[@Bro_Vet_Grows_360]

@@TheMobReporter because of the line of work I’m in.

[@Bro_Vet_Grows_360]

@@TheMobReporter the amount of sonar/radar we have out here because of the nuclear submarine base up hood canal is unreal. P3 Poseidon sub hunter planes fly off of Whidbey island naval air station daily along with the blackhawks with the sub hunter sonar. I can’t think of a worse place to try to use a sun undetected

[@Bro_Vet_Grows_360]

@@TheHomelessVoyager of course I’m being serious. I just got out of the military a few months ago out here. You have no idea how sophisticated the sonar and radar we have out here is because of the naval air station and nuclear submarine base here. The area is more patrolled than almost anywhere in the USA

[@smb7304]

❤ your videos...

[@wimpernschlag3201]

Danke!

[@TheMobReporter]

Danke dafür, FG. Sehr geschätzt.

[@PaulLongva]

Narcos using advanced technoligy, cops using ring spanners to open sub hatch. Maybe they haven't heard about battery powered tools, just saying.

[@TheMobReporter]

I thought the same! Then thought maybe I was just lazy... Haha

[@phraydedjez]

Yeah or a chainsaw lol. You would think they would have made some sort of quicker way to get in but at the same time there could be a bunch of flammable or dangerous gas leaking out. Just a thought.

[@PaulLongva]

@@phraydedjez I was thinking more of a rattle gun, however, some of us are that strange breed of cat.

[@BiGMiAMiTV]

The mop reporter thank you for all you do , be blessed always

[@TheMobReporter]

Should I assume that the name is a typo and not meant as an insult? Or….

[@elizabethadams8319]

What if The Mob Reporter was a former Narco in his younger years and retired and became a journalist which is why he is so knowledgeable about the business and law enforcement 🤷‍♂️

[@seanokeefe703]

Arghhh

[@greggreg2263]

3 tons of cocaine. I wonder if you put that into one line how long the line of cocaine would stretch for🤔

[@raymondsmith245]

😂😂😂😂

[@TheMobReporter]

Let’s try and find out!

[@BurkesBucknFirewood]

A sign of failure lol.

[@billyyank5807]

The mom reporter back again 😂😂😂

[@mo938]

the world needs to follow Uruguay and legalize all drugs.

[@kaleb7299]

It's not logical to assume the sub has traveled from South America when these subs can be dropped of a bigger ship mid Atlantic and travel in to shore semi-submerged.

[@TheMobReporter]

It is not an assumption in all cases. Authorities have documented transatlantic journeys from South America to Europe. They had intel on the departure and trajectory and found them on the other side.

[@sonofagreatsouthernland]

Well documented Narco video.

[@darthukas]

Great report

[@themightywookie351c3]

Yup and pooping in a five gallon bucket. Ugh! Imagine the smell in that confined space.

[@TheMobReporter]

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