Video footage showed an operation conducted by Portuguese authorities, including the navy, targeting a semi-submersible submarine in international waters. On Monday, Portugal’s Judicial Police said the vessel, linked to a transnational criminal network, was intercepted while transporting more than 1.7 tons of cocaine destined for the Iberian Peninsula.

Newsweek has contacted the Portuguese Navy for comment.

Why It Matters

The operation underscores Europe’s growing vulnerability to transatlantic cocaine trafficking and demonstrates how coordinated, multinational intelligence efforts are crucial to disrupting these networks. Meanwhile, the U.S. stepped up anti-cartel operations in the Caribbean , citing the growing flow of drugs across the Atlantic .

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