Authorities in Colombia have confiscated two narco subs, submersibles designed to smuggle cocaine, since Friday, according to news reports.
A vessel found on the country's Pacific coast on Friday could carry up to 10 tons of cocaine and was outfitted with a GPS navigation system, according to a report from Insightcrime.org.
On Monday, authorities said they found a smaller but more sophisticated submarine hidden in a wooden shack in dense coastal jungle north of where the first sub was found Friday, according to a report from the BBC.
The second sub, named The Black Pearl, was made of steel and fiberglass and could carry four tons of cocaine, the BBC report said. It could stay submerged for 10 days with a crew of five and had radar, navigation and communication systems that made it worth $2 million, the report said.
Both vessels were built under the orders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group, which finances its operations with cocaine sales, according to the reports.
In February, Colombian authorities captures a 100-foot-long narco sub capable of traveling to Mexico at depths of up to 30 feet.
Even if they have to build a sub per trip, they are making tons of cash
American cash.We have a drug problem ,they have a problem spending the money.
where's the torpedo of truth.
Your a moron....
The torpedo of truth is right here...... Journey, Journey, Journey, in the tub...... Journey, Journey, Journey underwater sub
Defeat is not an option!!!
BTW, Where's my blow? Anyone see my briefcase of blow?
What if the sub. was totally filled with poop? Lol, that would be funny if they were actually shipping poop all around, joke's on them!
"Both vessels were built under the orders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group, which finances its operations with cocaine sales, according to the reports." - More proof that drug users provide material support to terrorism and are accessories to murders.
You think proof is required for that? Aren't you the smart one.
Dude, honestly do you think even one person (that does drugs) cares about this point? They don't any more than you care about the number of people starving while you dine on expensive food. The point is, drug addicts don't care if you link terrorism and murder to their habit, they don't see it so it makes no difference to them. But thanks anyway for the overly dramatic presentation
Where's the proof that they were build on FARC orders? The Colombian government always says one thing and then it turns out to be lies in order to protect their own corruption.
Or you could blame prohibition for funding organized crime (prohibition era alcohol) and terrorism. In the end the governments laws keep the black market going.
There are always going to be addicts and a drug supply to any wealthy nation it's just a matter of how it gets here.
How many (blood) diamonds do you or your wife own? Keep buying them! Those kids in Africa will keep digging for them, and being shot for them, while being forced to kill other families, kidnapping children from their families. So on and so on....does it make you feel good that you can point the finger at someone else?
The only reason it funds terrorism is because its illegal. Further proof that prohibition does not work.
BTW research your government and how much money was funded to those former freedom fighters turned terrorists.
Next stop, Narco sub-orbital spacecraft. 🙂
"...The second sub, named The Black Pearl, was made of steel and fiberglass and could carry four tons of cocaine..."
Captain Jack Sparrow lost his ship again... Is this the trailer for Pirates of the Carribean 5?
Um, here's an idea, gentlemen. Try hiding them under water next time, instead of some shack in the forest. They ARE submarines, you know.
Manned submarines don't get stored under water when they're not in use, not even Navy submarines. How do you think the crew gets in and out?
SHHHhhhhh........dont give them ideas!!!
How does a person get on the mailing list for the police auctions?
How soon we forget our own CIA smuggling drugs into the US to support their illegal doings....
In the town where I was born,
Lived a man who sailed to sea,
And he told us of his life,
In the land of submarines,
So we sailed on to the sun,
Till we found the sea green,
And we lived beneath the waves,
In our yellow submarine,
We all live in yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We all live in yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine...
Heeeey Looooocy ! I'm Hooooome ! But Lucy, this a black and rusty submarine, not a happy Yellow Submarine.
for the 2 they got, 8 others r underwater and in motion.
Next they will have stealth subs and stealth planes to smuggle dope.
How exactly does one learn to pilot a submarine? I'm not sure I'd want to be in a sub with a bunch of tweaked out columbian snow bunny smugglers.
No wonder there is no productivity in the work place everybody is blogged up.
I'm sure a computer and ring of sonobouys could keep a watch out for these things. The let the US Navy sink them where they're found. You never know... they could be carrying explosives instead of drugs.
I agree ! The US Navy and Coast Guard should blow them to bits and scoop up whatever floats to the surface.