So You Think You Are A Colombian Drug Lord?
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So You Think You Are A Colombian Drug Lord?
Then where is your submarine?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_823445.html
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian soldiers have for the first time seized a fully submersible drug-smuggling submarine capable of reaching the coast of Mexico, authorities announced Monday.
Last July, another fully submersible "narcosub" was seized just across the border by authorities in neighboring Ecuador.
Previous drug-carrying vessels found in Colombia were only semi-submersible, meaning part of the structure always remained above the surface.
But the sub discovered Sunday can operate completely underwater, Col. Manuel Hurtado, chief of staff of Colombia's Pacific Command, told The Associated Press. He estimated it could hold eight tons of drugs.
The sub in Colombia was found in a rural area of Cauca province on the Timgiqui River about 275 miles (440 kilometers) southwest of Bogota, the capital.
Hurtado said intelligence reports and tips from informants led troops to the vessel. He said the sub was empty when soldiers found it and no one was arrested.
The 99-foot-long (30-meter) fiberglass boat has room for a crew of six and is powered by two diesel engines and has an air-conditioned interior, Hurtado said. He said it can submerge up to nine feet (three meters) deep and is equipped with a 16 1/2-foot (five meter) periscope.
"The engines were already fully installed and ready to go," Hurtado said.
The sub had "the capacity to sail totally underwater and the ability to travel to the coast of Mexico without surfacing," he added. He said such a trip would take eight to nine days.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_823445.html
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian soldiers have for the first time seized a fully submersible drug-smuggling submarine capable of reaching the coast of Mexico, authorities announced Monday.
Last July, another fully submersible "narcosub" was seized just across the border by authorities in neighboring Ecuador.
Previous drug-carrying vessels found in Colombia were only semi-submersible, meaning part of the structure always remained above the surface.
But the sub discovered Sunday can operate completely underwater, Col. Manuel Hurtado, chief of staff of Colombia's Pacific Command, told The Associated Press. He estimated it could hold eight tons of drugs.
The sub in Colombia was found in a rural area of Cauca province on the Timgiqui River about 275 miles (440 kilometers) southwest of Bogota, the capital.
Hurtado said intelligence reports and tips from informants led troops to the vessel. He said the sub was empty when soldiers found it and no one was arrested.
The 99-foot-long (30-meter) fiberglass boat has room for a crew of six and is powered by two diesel engines and has an air-conditioned interior, Hurtado said. He said it can submerge up to nine feet (three meters) deep and is equipped with a 16 1/2-foot (five meter) periscope.
"The engines were already fully installed and ready to go," Hurtado said.
The sub had "the capacity to sail totally underwater and the ability to travel to the coast of Mexico without surfacing," he added. He said such a trip would take eight to nine days.
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I had a feeling I saw this somewhere before. Oh my trusted Maxim
http://www.maxim.com/amg/stuff/artic...e-october.html
http://www.maxim.com/amg/stuff/artic...e-october.html
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there are some serious levels of badassery here. I am not for the drug war and all of that ****, but these are some inventive mother ****ers. Yeah its crazy for someone to operate a boat like that, but I am sure the profit line at the end is what drives someone to such radical ideas.
Pretty damn smart, i think thats how imma start hustlin mexicans into the US. $10k a head in my little submarine.
Pretty damn smart, i think thats how imma start hustlin mexicans into the US. $10k a head in my little submarine.
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maybe you can talk them into free shipping
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oh yeah this isnt anything new, they had a whole 1 hour special on these on Nat Geo a couple years ago, pretty mind blowing. They said they must have had russian or chinese submarine experts there to design them too, nuts!
The whole episode is on teh yootoobs
The whole episode is on teh yootoobs
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ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/48-seater-submar...item53e628aaff
maybe you can talk them into free shipping
maybe you can talk them into free shipping
I was thinking the same thing