The authorities seized a submarine in the Pacific that had 2 dead bodies and 5,800 pounds of cocaine onboard

• The Colombian navy seized a submarine with two dead bodies and over 5,800 pounds of cocaine onboard.
• The 50-foot-long submarine was captured off the coast of Colombia in the South Pacific ocean.
• The bust prevented more than six million doses of the drug from reaching the international market.

The Colombian Navy seized a submarine on Sunday and found two dead bodies and over 5,800 pounds of cocaine onboard. 

The Colombian Navy said in a statement on Sunday that a 50-foot-long submarine had been captured off the coast of Colombia, in the South Pacific ocean. 

The cocaine bust prevented more than six million doses of the drug from reaching the international market, the Colombian Navy's statement said. The drugs were worth more than $87 million and were intended for distribution in Central America. 

In a Twitter post, the navy shared photos of the captured submarine. One image showed hundreds of packages of cocaine laid out on the ground in front of a navy boat.

—Armada de Colombia (@ArmadaColombia) March 12, 2023

Along with the two dead bodies discovered on board, authorities also found two men in "poor health conditions," per the statement. The navy said these two men were likely unwell because they inhaled toxic gas from the submarine's fuel.

A video shared on the navy's Twitter account showed people rushing a man on a stretcher off the pier, toward an ambulance. The two men found alive on the submarine have been given medical attention, per the navy's statement. 

The navy did not provide further information about who the two deceased men are or their cause of death. Representatives for the Colombian Navy did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment sent outside regular business hours.

The two rescued men, the bodies, and the seized drugs were brought to the port city of Tumaco on the western coast of Colombia, "where they were presented to the Technical Investigation Corps of the Attorney General's Office," per the statement. 

The Colombian Navy's haul on Sunday is one of several high-profile drug busts that have happened this year. In February, the New Zealand authorities seized half a billion dollars worth of cocaine that was found floating in the Pacific Ocean.