Posted on 08/23/2007 12:30:24 PM PDT by 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.
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The CMDR who oversaw the interdiction did a terrific job.
Right you are.
Colombia Navy Seizes Sub in Coke Probe | Aug 7, 2007
Colombia's navy seized a 65-foot submarine that likely was used to haul tons of cocaine on part of its journey to the United States, officials said Tuesday."
For all the money they must have, they could have bought a nice one from for about 20 mil from US Submarines with a sightseeing window.
“Cocaine’s a hell of a drug.”
“Sightseeing window!” !~snorrfle~!
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