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Ecuadorians, DEA seize drug-smuggling submarine
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July 4, 2010, Sunday
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THE Drug Enforcement Administration says it has helped Ecuador seize a submarine capable of smuggling tons of cocaine.
DEA officials say the diesel electric-powered submarine was built in a remote jungle and captured near a river close to the Ecuador-Colombia border. Ecuadorian authorities seized the sub before it could make its maiden voyage.
The sophisticated camouflaged vessel has a conning tower, periscope and air-conditioning system. It measured about nine feet (three meters) high from the deck plates to the ceiling and stretched nearly a 100 feet (31 meters) long. The DEA says it was built for trans-oceanic drug trafficking.
One person has been taken into custody. DEA Andean Regional Director Jay Bergman says the sub's nautical and payload capacity is a serious development in the drug trade.
DEA officials say the diesel electric-powered submarine was built in a remote jungle and captured near a river close to the Ecuador-Colombia border. Ecuadorian authorities seized the sub before it could make its maiden voyage.
The sophisticated camouflaged vessel has a conning tower, periscope and air-conditioning system. It measured about nine feet (three meters) high from the deck plates to the ceiling and stretched nearly a 100 feet (31 meters) long. The DEA says it was built for trans-oceanic drug trafficking.
One person has been taken into custody. DEA Andean Regional Director Jay Bergman says the sub's nautical and payload capacity is a serious development in the drug trade.
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