Monday, August 1, 2011

Narco Sub With $180M Of Cocaine Seized By The U.S. coast Guard



U.S. Stops "Narco Sub" With $180M Of Cocaine -- CBS News

MIAMI - The U.S. Coast Guard says its crews helped stop a semi-submersible craft filled with $180 million of cocaine in the western Caribbean.

According to CBS-4 in Miami, the so-called "narco submarine" was used by Colombian drug cartel members to export cocaine into the United States. (See video of the Coast Guard interdiction below).

The Coast Guard said Monday that with help from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection airplane, its cutter located the submarine-like craft Tuesday off the coast of Honduras near the Nicaraguan border. The Coast Guard, FBI dive teams and the Honduran navy had been searching for the vessel for more than 10 days.

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My Comment: This is not the first time a narco-sub has been stopped. Makes one realize that there must be more out there, and the money must be huge for them to do this.

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