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Coast Guard Seizes 2 Tons of Cocaine ~~ intercepted a submarine-like vessel in the Pacific ocean
Las Vegas Sun ^
| September 15, 2005 at 8:47:51 PDT
| ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on 09/15/2005 11:22:38 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard acting on Colombian intelligence intercepted a submarine-like vessel in the Pacific ocean carrying more than 2 tons of cocaine, Colombia's anti-narcotics police said Thursday.
The cocaine was seized Wednesday aboard "a type of submarine vessel" sailing off the coast of the Ecuadorean-owned Galapagos Islands, Gen. Alberto Gomez, the anti-narcotics police chief, told local RCN radio.
He said further details were not immediately available.
Separately, 2.5 tons of cocaine were discovered Wednesday hidden in the oil tanks of a ship docked in the Colombian Pacific port of Buenaventura, Adm. Jairo Pena, commander of Colombia's Pacific fleet, said in a statement. Eight suspects were arrested.
He said the cocaine was likely going to be taken to Central America from where it would be shipped on to the United States.
Colombian authorities have caught drug traffickers using subs on several occasions. They are usually small, fiberglass vessels that travel just below the surface. But in 2000, police on a raid of a warehouse near Bogota were stunned to find a 100-foot-long (30.5-meter-long) steel submarine being built to transport up to 150 tons of cocaine.
Colombia is the world's biggest produce of cocaine and a major supplier of heroin to the United States. The Colombian navy has this year seized a record 46 tons of cocaine.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cocaine; drugtrafficking; narcoterrorists; pacific; submarine; uscg; wod; wodlist
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
What the hell is "submarine like"?
It's a submarine or it's not.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Bill Clinton is deeply saddened.
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:25:09 AM PDT
by
defenderSD
(At half past midnight, the ghost of Vince Foster wanders through the West Wing.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:26:00 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The cocaine was seized Wednesday aboard "a type of submarine vessel" sailing off the coast of the Ecuadorean-owned Galapagos Islands, Gen. Alberto Gomez, the anti-narcotics police chief, told local RCN radio. OK, now that's scary. Perfect way get a WMD close to shore. Thank God we have the brave men and women of the US Coast Guard out there.
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:26:07 AM PDT
by
JimWforBush
(Alcohol - For the best times you'll never remember)
To: bikepacker67
It's a submarine or it's not.
LOL, my reaction exactly.
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:26:22 AM PDT
by
andyk
(Go Matt Kenseth!)
To: bikepacker67
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:26:55 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Bad news for the 1986 Mets.
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:27:34 AM PDT
by
GianniV
To: bikepacker67
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:28:00 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: bikepacker67
Consider the possibilities of technology and the profits from cocaine which could be used to develop a sub-type underwater vehicle. Of course, 2 tons is a lot of weight...
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:28:07 AM PDT
by
sarasota
To: bikepacker67
Similar to being "pregnant-like".
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:28:55 AM PDT
by
i_dont_chat
(Our President's intervention saved lives.)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Lol....the Disney company had beter not be involved in this.
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:29:49 AM PDT
by
defenderSD
(At half past midnight, the ghost of Vince Foster wanders through the West Wing.)
To: edcoil
Damn....wonder who is buying those?
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The plan would have worked if some of the crew had not been snorting the contents of thier submarine and ran into a Columbian drug patrol boat.
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:30:40 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I remember there was a thread about 8 years ago on FR about some Colombians being caught trying to build a submarine. I guess they did it.
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:30:45 AM PDT
by
TBall
To: JimWforBush
Perfect way get a WMD close to shore.Cocaine IS a WMD!
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:30:54 AM PDT
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:31:11 AM PDT
by
No Longer Free State
(Saddam Hussein harboured and paid terrorists. Any questions?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
..maybe they could disguise the coke-carrying subs, as "Endangered" HUMPBACK/RIGHT/PILOT WHALES....The USA's Navy,Coast Guard couldn't touch 'em. :D
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posted on
09/15/2005 11:31:14 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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