A few years ago, the Colombian police busted some druggies who were trying to build a proper sub in a warehouse in Bogota.
Drug submarine found in Colombia
They had hired unemployed Russian naval architects for the job.
Driving a DIY submarine is a good way to get dead. I wonder how many smugglers got killed before they got it right?
It strikes me as a too smart by half idea on how to smuggle coke. Not being a nuke, it would have to spend most of its time surfaced, where it would stand out like a sore thumb and attract a HUGE amount of law enforcement attention. It seems to me that an ordinary yacht, of the kind people sail around all the time, would be a lot less likely to be noticed, absent a tip-off.
"Driving a DIY submarine is a good way to get dead."
Especially when it's depth is only 6 feet below the surface. Any transiting frieghter's bow would have sliced through it like cheese.
A few years ago, the Colombian police busted some druggies who were trying to build a proper sub in a warehouse in Bogota.
Drug submarine found in Colombia
They had hired unemployed Russian naval architects for the job.