US Customs and Border Patrol/Amanda Macias/Business InsiderUS authorities gained control of a "narco-submarine" filled with eight tons of cocaine.
Amanda Macias/Business Insider
23 July 2015
In a joint operation, the US Navy, US Coast Guard, and assets from the Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine, intercepted a "narco-submarine" filled with more than 16,870 pounds of cocaine off the coast of El Salvador.
On July 18, a Coast Guard cutter commandeered a self-propelled, semisubmersible vessel carrying 274 bales of cocaine weighing more than eight tons, according to a press release from US Customs and Border Patrol.
The four individuals found with the illicit contraband were detained by US authorities.
Similar to a submarine, "narco-subs" are custom-built vessels used by traffickers to move large amounts of drugs. The first narco-sub was detected in 1993 and was built from wood and fiberglass, could not submerge, and could only travel at 10 mph.
US Customs and Border PatrolUS authorities sit on a "narco-submarine" found off the coast of El Salvador.
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