Drug Smuggling Submarine Found

Police acting on a tip found a submarine hidden in the port of Tumaco, near the border of Ecuador. It was the second publicized case of Colombian drug smugglers trying to use submarines. Authorities say that the vessel would have been used to carry cocaine to speed boats offshore, which would then take the drugs to Central America or Mexico for eventual delivery in the United States. In 2000, another underwater vessel was found off the coast of Colombia. It had a 100-foot long fiberglass frame capable of carrying 10 tons of cocaine, which could be worth $300 million on U.S. streets.