U.S. recovers $180 million in cocaine from sunken submarine

U.S. recovers $180 million in coc aine from sunken submarine

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(Reuters) - U.S. authorities have recovered nearly 15,000 pounds of coc aine worth an estimated $180 million from a sunken submarine-like vessel used by smugglers off the coast of Honduras, the Coast Guard said on Monday.

The crew of the Boston-based Coast Guard Cutter Seneca intercepted a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel off the Caribbean coast of Honduras on July 13.

Authorities detained the vessel's crew and recovered some drugs before the boat sank...

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Let play who's coke is this....... ready... GO!! I am so mad i wasn't there when this happened. i would risk it for that. Maybe not, as soon as i 'd get to the surface the U.S. government would have assault rifles to my head requesting their stash back.

$180 million?? Somebody is really mad.

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could this be related to that?

Man snorts block of unknown substance, dies

stunning...

WOOOOO!!! PARTY AT THE WHITE HOUSE!!!

Seriously, these guy's bosses are gonna be pissed.

No doubt it'll be replaced with something sweeter while it hits the streets.

The case is under investigation, and the contraband will be turned over to other U.S. law enforcement agencies, the Coast Guard said.

I wonder if the coc aine is part of the contraband, or if they only mean they'll bring back the recovered submarine. When they find fields of marijuana, they burn it on the spot. There is no "recovery" of most (any?) of it for investigation purposes. I would think they'd have the same policy with coc aine. Maybe they could have ripped open those blocks of coc aine and just let it dissolve into the water. Think the fish would mine?

Originally posted by ProphecyPhD

U.S. recovers $180 million in coc aine from sunken submarine

www.reuters.com

(Reuters) - U.S. authorities have recovered nearly 15,000 pounds of coc aine worth an estimated $180 million from a sunken submarine-like vessel used by smugglers off the coast of Honduras, the Coast Guard said on Monday.

The crew of the Boston-based Coast Guard Cutter Seneca intercepted a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel off the Caribbean coast of Honduras on July 13.

Authorities detaine the vessel's crew and recovered some drugs before the boat sank...

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Related News Links:
www.cbsnews.com
www.miamiherald.com

When they say they recpvered some drugs before the boat sank are they implying that there may still be some that was left behind.

go buy scuba gear and get down there pronto!
even one of those bales will make you a small fortune

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Nah. Then they'd need dispersant.

Mini George Bushs

i think somebody wanted their stash back. They could have left it there.. why recover it in the first place

The US Government should sell what it seizes - could fix that blasted debt problem we keep hearing about.

Originally posted by Shamatt
The US Government should sell what it seizes - could fix that blasted debt problem we keep hearing about.

Sell it to who?? Let me guess....... YOU

Tony Montana is gonna be real chokedddddd!

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Oh, you didn't know the government & CIA is involved in drug trading?!

lol .. The first thing i thought Op upon reading the headline was, are the Gov't

getting dumber by the minute, they hide their stash inside a Submarine, and

then they couldn't even close the hatch properly. dumb dumbs

That's what the CIA stands for......

Cocaine Importation Agency!!

That's lucky actually now Obama can sell the coke to help with the debt crisis

Lucky Mr President




EDIT- i just saw someone else has posted similar

if your a drug trafficker take note
When you use a submarine ,make sure it doesnt sink when it goes under water and not a semi submersible one
" a self-propelled Semi-Submersible vessel off the Caribbean coast "
What were they thinking?