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Homemade Submarine Caught with 3 tons of Cocaine

this is unreal

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Submarine with cocaine seized off Costa Rica Makeshift vessel carrying 3 tons of drugs en route from Colombia to U.S. MSNBC News Services Updated: 14 minutes ago SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Tipped off by three plastic pipes mysteriously skimming the ocean�s surface, authorities seized a homemade submarine packed with 3 tons of cocaine off Costa Rica�s Pacific coast. Four men traveled inside the 50-foot wood and fiberglass craft, breathing through the pipes. The craft sailed along at about 7 mph, just six feet beneath the surface, Security Minister Fernando Berrocal said Sunday. The submarine was spotted Friday 103 miles off the coast near Cabo Blanco National Park on the Nicoya peninsula. Story continues below ↓ advertisement �This is the first time in the country�s history that a craft with these characteristics has been caught near the national coasts,� Berrocal said in a statement. U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents, FBI and Colombian officials aided Costa Rican authorities in the operation, Berrocal said. Two Colombians, a Guatemalan and a Sri Lankan were arrested and taken to the United States, since they were captured in international waters, Berrocal said. Officials took the submarine to a Costa Rican Coast Guard station and were trying to determine its origins, the Security Ministry said. It was found with several tanks of gas, but Costa Rican authorities said the vessel, which had a bailer to keep out water, probably did not travel far. So far this year, Costa Rican authorities have seized 18 tons of cocaine. In March, the Colombian navy seized a 60-foot fiberglass submarine that likely was used to haul tons of cocaine out to speedboats in the Pacific Ocean for transportation to Central America and on to the United States. Three people were arrested and two speedboats seized during the operation, but no drugs were found. Colombian authorities say smuggling cocaine by sea has become the top method of transport in recent years, as radar systems have made it difficult to smuggle drugs in small airplanes. The U.S. Coast Guard frequently patrols for drug shipments off Costa Rica but the latest seizure was believed to be the first time a submarine has been caught there. They've tried it before Drug cartels have tried to use submarines at least three times in the past: * Last March, Colombia seized a homemade sub near San Buenaventura, Colombia. No drugs were found but officials estimated it was capable of transporting four tons of drugs. * In 2000, Colombian officials found a partially built submarine near Bogota that would have been 100 feet long and able to carry 10 tons of drugs. * In the 1990s, reports surfaced that traffickers were trying to buy a surplus Soviet submarine. The DEA says its cocaine seizures steadily increased from 1997 to 2003, and then jumped in 2004 and 2005 to more than 110 tons each year. The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15811689/

People need to get more creative with smuggling.

How does a 50-foot wood and fiberglass craft carry 3 tons?

I guess knowing the scrazy shit people are willing to do to smuggle cocaine into the U.S, makes you appreciate that stuff even more.

thats a whole lot of lines!

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Originally posted by magikb People need to get more creative with smuggling.

Building a submarine out of wood and fiberglass and skimming acrosst the ocean at 7 MPH isn't creative enough?

Reminds me of the weed van in Cheech & Chong.

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Originally posted by dj_bas Building a submarine out of wood and fiberglass and skimming acrosst the ocean at 7 MPH isn't creative enough?

ah well atleast they have something to do while travelling

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Originally posted by Bidor ah well atleast they have something to do while travelling

Doing a bunch of lines in a poorly constructed, confined space of a homemade submarine while transporting some drug lords billions of dollars worth of product = Recipe for disaster.

ah, good times... good times.

I'm just trying to imagine a bunch of guys in that little box all coked up going crazy from the paranoia and clausterphobia...must have been quite a scene.

great! there goes my fun for this month! Anyways that tells you something about the quality of coke i get here in CR...practically pure.

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Originally posted by tranceDJ I'm just trying to imagine a bunch of guys in that little box all coked up going crazy from the paranoia and clausterphobia...must have been quite a scene.

not if they had heroine balloons stuffed all in them. then they just look constipated all the time breathing out of a large straw 6ft below the surface

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 not if they had heroine balloons stuffed all in them. then they just look constipated all the time breathing out of a large straw 6ft below the surface

Best mental image I've had all day

i wanna see it, useless without pics

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Originally posted by tranceDJ I'm just trying to imagine a bunch of guys in that little box all coked up going crazy from the paranoia and clausterphobia...must have been quite a scene.

I wonder what their payoff for that job was? My guess is that these were the lowest rung on the totem pole guys, with the drug lord saying something like this:

'Ok, guys we've got a great job for you; something with some real opportunity for you get ahead in the cartel.

(henchman sparkle with anticipation)

We want you to navigate a homemade wooden and fiberglass submarine from here (points to shore) to the U.S. (points way the fuck across the water).

(henchman piss their pants)

We're counting on you to get this done and it's going to look great on your year-end review! Surf's up fellas!' (claps guys on the shoulders)

(drug lord unleashes the mo-foin' moonwalk)

we can only imagine what doesnt get caught

they caught like 300 Kilos of cocaine a month ago here in Costa Rica as well.

I can just see these guys stuck in this thing, powered by foot pedals, doing enormous lines of coke, going "ARE WE THERE YET?!?! OMG PEDAL FASTER! I THINK-I THINK I SEE A SHARK BEHIND US! HOLY FACK, MAN! FASTER!!!!!"

roflmao

Sorry, it brought tears to my eyes.

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Originally posted by kabelicious I can just see these guys stuck in this thing, powered by foot pedals, doing enormous lines of coke, going "ARE WE THERE YET?!?! OMG PEDAL FASTER! I THINK-I THINK I SEE A SHARK BEHIND US! HOLY FACK, MAN! FASTER!!!!!" roflmao Sorry, it brought tears to my eyes.

i lol'd

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Originally posted by dj_bas Building a submarine out of wood and fiberglass and skimming acrosst the ocean at 7 MPH isn't creative enough?

Nope, they got caught didn't they?
Did they not think no one would notice them? lol

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Originally posted by Bidor thats a whole lot of lines!

not enough for my nose

Hazard's bear would have a field day, if he doesn't choke on the shit first.

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