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Europol said the gang used speedboats "repeatedly, departing from strategic points in the Atlantic Ocean to a mother ship transporting the cocaine".

“Iran launched a mother ship that contains these drones. It’s off the East Coast of the United States of America. They’ve launched drones.”

Farah and Diiriye say their aim is to hijack a medium-sized vessel deep in the Indian Ocean and then make it back to their mother ship, using its GPS tracking system to find bigger ships to target.

“I’m going to tell you the real deal. Iran launched a mother ship that contains these drones,” Van Drew said on Fox News on Wednesday.

Van Drew further wrote a letter to the president that states that while he further remained open to “alternate explanations for the drones,” he’s pretty sure it’s Iran, and he’s pretty sure they’ve got a mother ship out there.