DEA, Ecuadoran officials seize real drug submarine
The U.S. government announced Saturday afternoon that for the first time ever a fully operational submarine used by drug traffickers has been seized in the waters of South America.
The craft, which could move multi-ton loads of cocaine, was seized in a jungle tributary of Ecuador leading to the Pacific Ocean by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Ecuadoran authorities.
The sub is diesel-powered, has a periscope and air conditioning and measures 100 feet long and 9 feet tall.
[…]