Submarine found 2,250 mts above sea level (being built for drug smuggling!)

Technocracia.com ^ | Diciembre 20, 2005 @ 6:20 pm

[FreedomPoster]

Police in Colombia say they have found a half-built submarine in a warehouse in a suburb of the capital Bogota (2,250 metres (7,500 ft) above sea level,). Police chief General Luis Ernesto Gilibert said Russian documents were found alongside the partially-completed vessel.

He said the 30 metre (100ft) vessel would have been capable of carrying huge quantities of cocaine or heroin.

He speculated that, once completed, the submarine would have been disassembled and taken by lorry to to Colombia’s Pacific or Caribbean coast.

When police raided the warehouse in the suburb of Facatativa they found the building equipped with closed-circuit cameras but devoid of people.

High quality

Instead there was the startling sight of a sophisticated submarine under construction.

“It was between 30% and 40% complete and had its engine room ready,” General Gilibert said.

“The technology is advanced and the workmanship of high quality.”

The Russian documents at the site led police to speculate that the Russian mafia or Russian technicians were involved in its construction.

Bogota is landlocked and lies 2,250 metres (7,500 ft) above sea level, but is a source of high-quality building materials - which may explain why it was chosen as a submarine boatyard.

Submarines have been used by Columbian drug smugglers before - in 1997 two mini-subs were seized off the Caribbean port of Santa Marta.

Huge

But this submarine is a much bigger vessel.

“In 32 years I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Leo Arreguin, the US Drug Enforcement Administration director in Colombia.

“This is huge. We’re talking about being able to load up to 200 tonnes of cocaine in this submarine.”

Mr Arreguin said documents discovered at the site showed that two Americans may also have been involved, but did not elaborate.

[FreedomPoster]

Pretty bizarre. Still a lot of money in smuggling cocaine, apparently.

[FreedomPoster]

Based on this and another pic at the source link, hull inside diameter looks to be around 2.5 meters.

[FreedomPoster]

Check this out! Ping your navy friends.

[Anti-Bubba182]

The problem with something like that is that the Navy is very good at detecting submarines and there could be no innocent explanation for one found near a US coast, especially in our territorial waters.

They are asking to be deep sixed.

[H. Paul Pressler IV]

It does not make sense. There are thousands of boats in the ocean that don't draw attention but one sub will capture the attention of the US Navy.

But, you got to hand it to these guys they are very creative.

[Anti-Bubba182]

They are creative!

[Liberfighter]

This is a old story or they found another sub being made up in the mountains.

[HAL9000]

Thursday, 7 September, 2000 - Drug submarine found in Colombia

[burzum]

Police in Colombia say they have found a half-built submarine in a warehouse in a suburb of the capital Bogota ... 7,500 ft above sea level

I think someone has a conceptual error about how a submarine works It needs to be in the water, not in the mountains! Now the question is where the drug cartel's air force is.

[Yossarian]

I'm ignorant on submarine construction: do the cross-sections of other subs look like this?

That looks like what - 10 inch thick or so steel sandwich walls on the sub?

I assume the other outer 10 inches of exterior is the ballast / dive tanks?

Can a FReeper Submariner mention what they think of what they see in these pictures?

[burzum]

It's not 10 inches thick. Otherwise it would never have a chance of floating. What you are seeing is basically a large cylinder with a flange on the end (which makes it look thicker than it is). Around the cylinder is the ballast tanks. The steel is probably 1-3 inches thick (depending on how deep they wanted to go).

[FreedomPoster]

Well, that's interesting! So this site is recycling old news.

[beaver fever]

"200 tonnes of cocaine"

So many noses, so little time.

[hoosier_RW_conspirator]

Drug Run Silent, Drug Run Deep?

[Dallas59]

Well....2000......2005....

[NAVY84]

Might not be drugs. There are alot of camel jockeys with extra pocket change right now. Drugs would be a good cover. 200 tonnes is quite a bit of WMD cargo capacity. Since they were surprised by what they found, it might have had a chance to get one run. How many more are building?

[Junior]

Didn't this same story surface a couple of years ago?

[Rennes Templar]

Russian documents were found alongside the partially-completed vessel.

Our friends.

[Jackknife]

Those crazy Columbians..........

[Squantos]

Good location to build it, who'da thunkit per se.... We can only hope it was for delivering "drugs" to the US coast........

[yer gonna put yer eye out]

"I think someone has a conceptual error about how a submarine works It needs to be in the water, not in the mountains! Now the question is where the drug cartel's air force is."

ROTFLOL!!!!!!

[yer gonna put yer eye out]

"“This is huge. We’re talking about being able to load up to 200 tonnes of cocaine in this submarine.”


Hollywood's supply must be drying up!

[FreedomPoster]

Hmmmm, agreed.

Check out #8; it seems the site I linked was recycling news from 5 years ago.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

the Navy is very good at detecting submarines

You can never be real sure that anyone is good at finding something they don't think is there. And a sophisticated small submarine ("huge" relative only to tiny minisubs) "should" not exist, therefore is likely to escape notice.

Or so the theory must have run . . .

[stockpirate]

Next week the site reporting this sub will report on the JFK murder as new news.lol

[FreedomPoster]

Exactly!

[Mr. Jeeves]

The problem with something like that is that the Navy is very good at detecting submarines and there could be no innocent explanation for one found near a US coast, especially in our territorial waters.

On the other hand, it could make the Columbia to Marseille run with zero chance of detection. ;)

[verity]

Is this not the equivalent of building a boat in one's basement? ;-)

[wardaddy]

i knew i had seen something like this before

[FreedomPoster]

Very much the same sort of idiocy, only bumped up a quantum leap in magnitude.

[wolfcreek]

I was thinking the same thing. I can see terrorist surfacing off our coast, dropping off insurgants or firing missiles at close range.

[Roccus]

"On the other hand, it could make the Columbia to Marseille run with zero chance of detection."

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Not a chance. If a codfish farts in the North Atlantic, we know it.

[I_saw_the_light]

LOL. based on the headline, I thought a submarine had found 2,250 mountains above sea level being built for drug smuggling. I clicked on the article to see what the heck-cuz I was wondering why they needed a sub to find them, why in the world they built mountains for drug smuggling, etc.
I have decided I need either more coffee or to go back to bed.

[Rebelbase]

Should have been posted in breaking news.

[roaddog727]

I know this was posted just recently, but any Idea of when this sub was actually found?

SFC

[Cold Heart]

Looking at the photo as a professional mariner I spot things a lot of the other posters overlook.

I see two attractive females.

[FreedomPoster]

5 years ago!

I think post 8 found the BBC version from 2000. It's in the thread, in any case.

[bvw]

Yes. Looks like the same sub even.

[roaddog727]

Ok. Thanks.

We thought it was old news - just wanted to make sure.

[stocksthatgoup]

Noah's Ark!

[add925]

Kinda reminds me of the story of the guy who build an experimental airplane in his basement, then couldn't figure out how to get it outside....Doooooh!

[Travis McGee]

Wow!

[FreedomPoster]

Check #8 - the story is 5 years old, "recycled" by my source.

[NAVY84]

No, probably just cruise into Long Beach and set off a nuke.