Submarine Carrying 5 tons of Cocaine Seized Off Guatemala

FOX ^ | 08/23/07 | Unknown

[Froufrou]

A submarine-like vessel filled with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine was seized off the Guatemalan coast, U.S. officials said.

Four suspected smugglers were operating the self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel when it was located and seized on Sunday evening by officials from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard, the Border Patrol said in a news release Wednesday.

When the suspects realized they had been spotted by drug-surveillance aircraft patrolling the eastern Pacific, they scuttled the vessel but were unable to escape.

Coast Guard officials, guided by the reconnaissance plane, intercepted the vessel and detained the reputed smugglers, who were transporting approximately 5.5 tons of cocaine worth $352 million, the Border Patrol said.

Several drug-carrying submarines operated by Colombian drug cartels have been discovered in recent years.

[coloradan]

So if the seizures get bigger and bigger every year, that means the drug war is working, right?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

A submarine-like vessel filled with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine was seized off the Guatemalan coast, U.S. officials said.

"The Numbley"?

[Froufrou]

You should see the articles that came up on search! Sheesh, you’d think they’d run out sometime!

[JeeperFreeper]

Article fails to mention it was pedal powered and doing 25 knots when caught.

[traumer]

[Robe]

[Froufrou]

Then obviously they also had crystal meth on board! ;o)

[GOP_Raider]

"Cocaine's a hell of a drug..."

[Oldexpat]

You wonder where they land the stuff.

[stainlessbanner]

Whoopie?

[EternalVigilance]

If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; cocaine.
When your day is done and you wanna run; cocaine.
She dont lie, she dont lie, she dont lie; cocaine.

If your thing is gone and you wanna ride on; cocaine.
Dont forget this fact, you cant get it back; cocaine.
She dont lie, she dont lie, she dont lie; cocaine.

[mc5cents]

Another story from the front lines on the War On Drugs(TM).

The longest war(so far) since the The Hundred Years' War.

[Southack]

For the same money as they spent on that sub, they could have bought a UAV.

No pilot. No one to prosecute.

[massgopguy]

When my sister lived on St. Maarten there was a nut named Rollocks running the government. He tried to buy a submarine from the Russian Mafia to run drugs from Isle Fourche. I love when bad people do stupid things.

[microgood]

So if the seizures get bigger and bigger every year, that means the drug war is working, right?

When you can make something that costs 1$ to make and sell it for $1000 (excluding transportation costs), there is a lot of incentive to deliver the product. No other enterprise in the world has that kind of a profit margin.

I would guess that if one out of 20 attempts makes it through, they are rolling in dough.

[Red Badger]

Hey Sub-Driver! Is dis one o’ youse guys?............

[DungeonMaster]

When submarines are illegal, only criminals will have submarines.

[Froufrou]

There you go, being all logical! LOL!

[fso301]