More than 400 people were arrested in the operation targeting oceans, coasts, rivers and ports around the globe in October and November.
Authorities from dozens of countries seized over 225 metric tons of cocaine in a six-week mega-operation where they unearthed a new Pacific trafficking route from South America to Australia, the Colombia n Navy said Wednesday. Officials said they had also seized 'increasingly sophisticated' drug-laden semisubmersibles -- better known as 'narco subs' -- that can travel 10,000 miles without refueling.
'It is a route that is becoming increasingly profitable because prices are much higher in Australia,' a security source told AFP.'Initially, these boats were used mainly to take the drugs out of the country and move them off the coast of Colombia and then transfer them to ships,' added the source.'It has been found that these semisubmersibles, sometimes even submersibles, are now increasingly sophisticated, with very fine engineering.
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