Legal Commentary

NarcoSubs Used to Transport Colombian Cocaine

By Jeralyn

According to the DEA and Coast Guard, the cartels have a new method of transporting large amounts of cocaine -- Narcosubs. The evolution from the 1980's has gone from flying cocaine into the U.S. via planes and landing at clandestine air strips, to dropping it from planes, to "go fast" boats, to narcosubs.

In the film above, it's explained that a narcosub is really just a go fast boat with a cover. The top 1/4 is above water. Vents are put in for the crew to breathe. There's a drop hatch so if they get caught, the load will fall to the floor of the ocean. At the time the film was made, 36 narcosubs had been seized.

Authorities are concerned that if drugs can be transported this way, so can weapons and explosives.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 27, 2010 (boomark / email).