First ever fully functional Drug Sub

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6631V220100704

Ecuador busts first ever fully functional drug sub





QUITO | Sun Jul 4, 2010 8:00pm BST

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean authorities have discovered a 30-metre (98 foot)-long submarine being built near the country's Pacific Coast designed to carry drugs towards the United States.

For years, U.S. and South American law enforcement officials have battled semi-submersible craft that travel just below the surface to avoid detection and take cocaine to Central America for trans-shipment to the United States.

The captured craft is the first designed to travel completely under water and was specially built for smuggling drugs, authorities said.

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One person was arrested when Ecuadorean police, assisted by U.S. anti-drug intelligence, captured the diesel electric-powered submarine. Outfitted with a periscope and air conditioning, it was being readied for its maiden voyage.

"Its nautical range, payload capacity and quantum leap in stealth has raised the stakes for counter-drug forces and the national security community alike," said Jay Bergman, Andean director for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

The Andean region is the world's biggest producer of cocaine and the United States represents the largest market.

(Reporting by Cristina Munoz)

[Germanpils Profile]

oh my god slush nice to see you back here


little off topic but hell.


this shit is ridiculous lol, but very smart, sending a submarine through a - can we call that a river? -
lol

[Ironshroom Profile]

this story is hilarious, not just because of the method but my friend has a swimming pool bigger than that 'river'.

what im curious about is where are the CIA and FBI stickers?

[Boomssg Profile]

They have been using them for years now, this is just an 'old' one. Do you guys really think the billions spend on drug enforcement is paying off? Think again, it's just a waste of time and tax payers money.