Coast Guard Busts Homemade Submarine, Seizes $181M Worth of Cocaine

Started by walkstall, August 06, 2015, 08:18:32 PM

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walkstall

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The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a homemade submarine and seized a cocaine haul worth at least $181 million off the coast of Mexico, officials said.

The bust last month is the biggest of its kind in Coast Guard history.

The Coast Guard Cutter Stratton intercepted the 40-foot "self-propelled semi-submersible" in the Pacific Ocean 200 miles south of Mexico on July 18 and arrested four alleged smugglers, officials said. The Guard seized 275 bales of cocaine.


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tac

Ouch that has to hurt. Someone's head will probably roll off their shoulders for that!  :smile:

walkstall

Quote from: tac on August 06, 2015, 08:21:15 PM
Ouch that has to hurt. Someone's head will probably roll off their shoulders for that!  :smile:


:smile:  One can only hope. 
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.- James Freeman Clarke

Always remember "Feelings Aren't Facts."

quiller

Quote from: walkstall on August 06, 2015, 08:27:30 PM

:smile:  One can only hope.

Eight tons of Columbian nose caulk taken off the street in a single bust? That's a very impressive job by the Coast Guard.  :thumbsup:

Jarlaxle

Except for the eighty tons that probably got through................
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