ENEMY SUBMARINES SEIZED IN THE WAR ON DRUGS

Colombian drug cartels are resorting to makeshift submarines in an attempt to prevent drug seizures

The enemy is using submarines in the war on drugs. Columbian drug cartels have been resorting to the use of makeshift submarines in an attempt to prevent the seizure of their drugs. It doesn’t always work.

The Guatemalan navy has just seized one of those submarines as it was headed for the U.S.. It carried a load of 967 kilos of cocaine with an estimated street value of $13.5 million. The rew of three Colombians are now sitting in a Guatemalan jail.

In October 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a submarine carrying 10 tons of cocaine worth $200 million 175 miles off the coast of Guatemala. Four Colombians ans one Mexican were taken into custody.

In September 2008, the Coast Guard intercepted and sank a submarine carrying 7 tons of cocaine worth $187 million off the coast of Costa Rica. Four Colombians were captured.

In July 2008, The Mexican navy seized a submarine loaded with cocaine. The crew of four Colombians claimed they were fishermen forced by drug traffickers who threatened to harm their families if they did not crew the submersible vessel and that they were not aware of its cargo.

In August 2007, the Coast Guard seized a submarine off the Guatemalan coast. The submarine was loaded with 5.5 tons of cocaine worth $352 million. The crew of four Colombians was captured.

Colombian authorities have seized a number of makeshift submarines before they could be used to smuggle cocaine and heroin to the U.S.

Submarines in the war on drugs … what’s next? Manned rockets fired from Colombia to the U.S.?