Once in the water, semi-submersible submarines are tough to detect without any prior intelligence or aircraft that spot them from above, says a Coast Guard Lt. Commander.
The drugs are thought to have originated from Colombia but authorities are still investigating, according to a spokesman for the Civil Guard, a military agency with policing powers.The vessel was seized Sunday off the coast of the port of Aldan. Two of the three crew members operating the 22 meter-long vessel were arrested. Both are Ecuadorian nationals, according to the Civil Guard spokesman, who said that authorities are looking for the third crew member.
Drug traffickers have been caught using submarines to transport cocaine into the United States, including twice this year -- once in June and again in September.Coast Guard Lt. Commander Stephen Brickey told CNN earlier this year that Central and South American drug cartels have increasingly used semi-submersible submarines to transport drugs into the US. The vessels are not believed to be as common in Europe, however.
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