Tuesday, 21. November 2006
Topic: DRUGS - on November 21, 2006 at 5:52:00 PM CET
U.S.-bound sub carrying 3.5 tons of cocaine seized
Tipped off by three plastic pipes mysteriously skimming the ocean’s surface, authorities seized a homemade submarine packed with 3 tons of cocaine off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast.
Four men traveled inside the 50-foot wood and fiberglass craft, breathing through the pipes. The craft sailed along at about 7 mph, just six feet beneath the surface, Security Minister Fernando Berrocal said Sunday.
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