Homemade submarine caught smuggling 3 tons of blow

[rob]

Tipped off by three plastic pipes mysteriously skimming the ocean’s surface, authorities seized a homemade submarine packed with 3 tons of cocaine off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast.

 

 

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[catbirdseat]

If they'd been smart, they'd have traveled only at night. In daylight they'd only be seen if moving.

 

At least it was an improvement over the older adobe model.

[foraker]

at 7mph, I don't think they had a lot of choice in the matter.

[rob]

What blew me away was this comment later in the article

 

In the 1990s, reports surfaced that traffickers were trying to buy a surplus Soviet submarine.

 

Imagine if they'd pulled that off. Would it have come with armament?

[Mr_Phil]

Yes.

 

The Soviets have sold a number of warheads to private groups.

[archenemy]

Why didn't they just buy that ugly piece of shit that was sitting under the Aurora brige forever and a day?

[tvashtarkatena]

Tom Clancy and Pablo Escobar should definitely stop hanging out together.