Reuters: US Captures $187 Million Drug Haul in Submarine

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U.S. captures $187 million drug haul in submarine


SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - The U.S. coast guard captured a submarine-like vessel equipped with sophisticated navigation equipment and stuffed with seven tonnes of cocaine, Costa Rican authorities said on Tuesday.

In a difficult nighttime operation during the weekend, U.S. officials arrested four Colombian smugglers on board the 59-foot (18-meter) steel and fiberglass vessel in international waters before they could sink it.

"The boat was partially submerged but you can't call it amateurish. The drug traffickers are not amateurs," Jose Pastor, a spokesman for Costa Rica's public security ministry told Reuters.

Several makeshift submarines toting drugs have been captured recently on the high seas. In July, the Mexican special forces captured a similar submarine carrying 200 tightly wrapped packages of cocaine.

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The vessel was likely capable of traveling from South America to the U.S. coast without stopping for fuel or supplies, said the Coast Guard.

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Holy ****. Those dudes'll never see the light of day.

7 tons???

DAAAAAAAAAMN!

If they legalized it that would be free income.
Illegal to import though.

ACW must be somewhere crying

On Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard sent a team of special agents on small boats to surprise the smugglers after a U.S. Navy airplane spotted the sub. When the traffickers realized the agents were on their deck they shifted the boat violently in an attempt to throw the officers into the sea.

Sounds like a Steven Seagal movie.

I don't suppose there's any way to convert that to cash and invest it in the economy? Just a drop in the bucket but every little bit helps.

Will it make a difference? Probably not that much.