The sub was carrying five people from different nationalities who were all arrested on June 26.
"The success of the mission was achieved thanks to the training of the naval personnel, since the elements boarded the illegal vessel in motion, under conditions of strong winds and waves on the high seas," the navy said.
Mexican officials say this operation is just one of many and that they have now seized nearly 50,000 pounds of cocaine in local waters, arresting 121 people this year alone. In 2019, footage went viral of U.S. Coast Guard stopping a submarine carrying nearly 20,000 pounds of cocaine off the coast of South America. In March this year, officials intercepted another sub carrying two dead bodies, two survivors, and a large haul of drugs off the coast of Colombia.
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