Subs of the drug lords

Hybris · 08-22-07, 08:23 PM

A Florida-based Customs and Border Protection aircraft recently intercepted a semi-submerged smuggling vessel filled with five metric tons of cocaine.
The Air and Marine crew tracked the self-propelled vessel carrying $352 million worth of cocaine and coordinated a plan with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard to intercept the vessel. Four suspected smugglers were taken into custody.
The Customs and Border Protection aircraft was patrolling in the eastern Pacific Ocean when the crew spotted the vessel Sunday during an ongoing western hemisphere tracking operation.
The aircraft sent instructions to a U.S. Navy ship to meet the vessel. Coast Guard members arrested the suspects and seized 11 cocaine bales.
CBP’s operation includes P-3 Orion long-range surveillance and patrol aircraft throughout the United States, Central and South America to purse threats.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294159,00.html -Link

http://i11.tinypic.com/4ouwcxw.jpg
(If someone could resize the pic that would be nice sorry

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It would seem that the columbians think they can use subs too anyone have thoughts on this?:hmm:

Send out the wolfs LOL!

bookworm_020 · 08-22-07, 09:26 PM

You might want to post this in the general topics thread, insead of here.:hmm:

headcase · 08-22-07, 09:50 PM

How many enviromental impact reports would they have to file for sinking that? And would they have to pay to put the fish through rehab?

Gezoes · 08-23-07, 06:12 AM

No crash dive available obviously

VolvicCH · 08-23-07, 07:36 AM

They certainly have the funds to have something appropriate constructed. Finding someone to crew might be a tad more difficult. Its the next logical step for drug-smugglers, seeing as smugling by air is too perilous and too easy to detect. An added advantage is the increased cargo a sub can carry. Now all that remains to be seen is what the us/europe can do to counter it. I am not sure that congress will go for having a seawolf or a Perry-class posted in the caribbean or pacific just to do drug-interdiction. Sonarbouys will probably do the trick.

Have a nice day

SmokinTep · 08-23-07, 08:39 AM

We send ships down there on regular deployments.

GoldenRivet · 08-23-07, 09:10 AM

352 Million dollars

just say that a few times. its nice the way it rolls off the tongue

Three Hundred and Fifty Two Million Dollars.

:rotfl:

you know some cartel leader is fuming right now!!!

Nichren · 08-23-07, 09:21 AM

Guess it depends how many times it's gone undetected before?

May have paid for it's self and cargo many times over.

VolvicCH · 08-23-07, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

352 Million dollars

just say that a few times. its nice the way it rolls off the tongue

Three Hundred and Fifty Two Million Dollars.

:rotfl:

you know some cartel leader is fuming right now!!!

Quite true.....then again.....that is one cargo intercepted out of how many on a yearly basis?

Have a nice day

GoldenRivet · 08-23-07, 11:54 AM

could be... but it could also be the first time they have attempted this method. (probably not)

All i know is that a lot of police cars and sheriffs cars driving around texas have a big quote on the back end

"This vehicle was purchased using siezed drug money."

i guess if the cartels dont mind financing law enforcement then keep sending that junk our way.

personally i cant see why people do drugs, i have never done a drug that wasnt prescribed to me by a doctor. and i have certainly never touched crap like coke or marijuana... i guess if your life gets bad enough and you feel like there is nowhere else to turn it might come to that, but beautiful celebrities who have everything they could possibly want out of life? what a waste

gimpy117 · 08-23-07, 12:20 PM

what an bonehead, everybody knows to crash dive when you see ans airplane!!

desirableroasted · 08-23-07, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

personally i cant see why people do drugs, i have never done a drug that wasnt prescribed to me by a doctor. and i have certainly never touched crap like coke or marijuana...

I don't know as a doobie is such a bad thing when you have four Black Swans pinging you... but definitely not coke....that stuff will make you harbor raid Scapa in broad daylight.

Sailor Steve · 08-23-07, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimpy117

what an bonehead, everybody knows to crash dive when you see ans airplane!!

But that particular bonehead doesn't have our massive wartime experience...nor is he smart enough to read these boards.

Hybris · 08-23-07, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

You might want to post this in the general topics thread, insead of here.:hmm:

Yes now that I think of it it would have been a better idea

"This Sub was Reasearched, Developed, Built, Armed, Manned, and Mantained using siezed drug money." That should painted on the hull of any sub assigned for pure counter drug sub ops.:rotfl:

Brag · 08-23-07, 05:48 PM

This is the second sub discovered. A few years ago they found one still under construction.

Much easier to send the stuff in a container labelled TOYS.

08-22-07, 08:23 PM	#1
Hybris Officer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Periscope Depth... Posts: 237 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Subs of the drug lords A Florida-based Customs and Border Protection aircraft recently intercepted a semi-submerged smuggling vessel filled with five metric tons of cocaine. The Air and Marine crew tracked the self-propelled vessel carrying $352 million worth of cocaine and coordinated a plan with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard to intercept the vessel. Four suspected smugglers were taken into custody. The Customs and Border Protection aircraft was patrolling in the eastern Pacific Ocean when the crew spotted the vessel Sunday during an ongoing western hemisphere tracking operation. The aircraft sent instructions to a U.S. Navy ship to meet the vessel. Coast Guard members arrested the suspects and seized 11 cocaine bales. CBP’s operation includes P-3 Orion long-range surveillance and patrol aircraft throughout the United States, Central and South America to purse threats. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294159,00.html -Link http://i11.tinypic.com/4ouwcxw.jpg (If someone could resize the pic that would be nice sorry) It would seem that the columbians think they can use subs too anyone have thoughts on this?:hmm: Send out the wolfs LOL! __________________ "His masters voice!" "FASTER! FAAAASSSTTER!" "All submariners have one universal wish regardless of nation, cause, or creed. That wish is that the boat goes up and stay up one more time then it goes down." ~Hybris 8/22/07

08-22-07, 09:26 PM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	You might want to post this in the general topics thread, insead of here.:hmm: __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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headcase Sparky Join Date: May 2007 Location: The wrong side of the tracks, Neverland Posts: 157 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	How many enviromental impact reports would they have to file for sinking that? And would they have to pay to put the fish through rehab? __________________ It's like the Blues. You can't play em if you haven't lived em. GWX 3.0 DID

08-23-07, 06:12 AM	#4
Gezoes XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 435 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	No crash dive available obviously __________________ If I wasn't a little mad, I'd go mad.

08-23-07, 09:10 AM	#7
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	352 Million dollars just say that a few times. its nice the way it rolls off the tongue Three Hundred and Fifty Two Million Dollars. :rotfl: you know some cartel leader is fuming right now!!! __________________

08-23-07, 07:36 AM	#5
VolvicCH Bosun Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Guadiaro, Spain Posts: 65 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	They certainly have the funds to have something appropriate constructed. Finding someone to crew might be a tad more difficult. Its the next logical step for drug-smugglers, seeing as smugling by air is too perilous and too easy to detect. An added advantage is the increased cargo a sub can carry. Now all that remains to be seen is what the us/europe can do to counter it. I am not sure that congress will go for having a seawolf or a Perry-class posted in the caribbean or pacific just to do drug-interdiction. Sonarbouys will probably do the trick. Have a nice day

08-23-07, 08:39 AM	#6
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	We send ships down there on regular deployments.

08-23-07, 09:21 AM	#8
Nichren Watch Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 15 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Guess it depends how many times it's gone undetected before? May have paid for it's self and cargo many times over.

08-23-07, 11:54 AM	#10
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	could be... but it could also be the first time they have attempted this method. (probably not) All i know is that a lot of police cars and sheriffs cars driving around texas have a big quote on the back end "This vehicle was purchased using siezed drug money." i guess if the cartels dont mind financing law enforcement then keep sending that junk our way. personally i cant see why people do drugs, i have never done a drug that wasnt prescribed to me by a doctor. and i have certainly never touched crap like coke or marijuana... i guess if your life gets bad enough and you feel like there is nowhere else to turn it might come to that, but beautiful celebrities who have everything they could possibly want out of life? what a waste __________________

08-23-07, 12:20 PM	#11
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	what an bonehead, everybody knows to crash dive when you see ans airplane!!

08-23-07, 05:48 PM	#15
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	This is the second sub discovered. A few years ago they found one still under construction. Much easier to send the stuff in a container labelled TOYS. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/