Members of the Colombian Navy provided security near a semi-submersible vessel discovered in 2009. Vessels like this can surreptitiously carry tons of drugs. Jose Miguel Gomez/Reuters
To Smuggle More Drugs, Traffickers Go Under the Sea -- New York Times
KEY WEST, Fla. — For more than 24 hours last September, a Coast Guard helicopter and speedboat pursued drug traffickers and their contraband across the Caribbean Sea. Finally they caught up with the improbable vessel, the latest innovation in the decades-old drug war. It was a submarine.
The low-slung, diesel-propelled vessel, painted a dark shade to blend with the water, was believed to be carrying several tons of cocaine. But after the submersible’s crew scuttled the vessel and abandoned ship, the Coast Guard was able to salvage only two 66-pound bales of narcotics.
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Update: The Feds Can't Catch the Cartels' Cocaine-Filled Submarines -- Yahoo News/The Atlantic
My Comment: They have the money ... so it becomes only a question of .... do they have a proper functioning sub .... and do they have a crew. Hmmm .... it appears that they do.
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