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U.S. captures $187 million drug haul in submarine

Posted: September 17th, 2008, 3:19 pm
by Rocketfan
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - The U.S. coast guard captured a submarine-like vessel equipped with sophisticated navigation equipment and stuffed with seven tonnes of cocaine, Costa Rican authorities said on Tuesday.


In a difficult nighttime operation during the weekend, U.S. officials arrested four Colombian smugglers on board the 59-foot (18-meter) steel and fiberglass vessel in international waters before they could sink it.

"The boat was partially submerged but you can't call it amateurish. The drug traffickers are not amateurs," Jose Pastor, a spokesman for Costa Rica's public security ministry told Reuters.


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Posted: September 17th, 2008, 3:31 pm
by ATrain
Make drugs legal then tax the crap out of them...it'll help eliminate the budget deficit and people will be more mellow at the same time.

Posted: September 17th, 2008, 4:21 pm
by blwall1416
Don't mess with the Coast Guard. :usa

Posted: September 17th, 2008, 4:35 pm
by RagingTireFire
ATrain wrote:Make drugs legal then tax the crap out of them...it'll help eliminate the budget deficit and people will be more mellow at the same time.
Yay, more money in the hands of government! Also, more people with "mellow" drug problems! Hurray!