DEA, Ecuadoran officials seize real drug submarine
Crime • 7/03/10 2:53:31 pm • Views: 762
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.
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