Coast guard seizing cocaine from a drug submarine has captured americas attention. Drug smuggling submarine stopped by us coast guard. This book is brought to you for free and open access by the cgu faculty. Drugsmuggling submarine stopped by the us coast guard. Coast guard busts alleged cocaine smuggling submarine in intense video. The police had received a tip that a gang of colombian drug smugglers had set up a clandestine work site here, in a.
Mini submarines used to smuggle cocaine out of the colombian jungle. Watch the coast guard chase down a drugrunning semi. A narco submarine also called drug sub is a type of custommade oceangoing selfpropelled submersible vessel built by drug traffickers to smuggle drugs. Coast guard apprehends suspected drugsmuggling submarine. Coast guardsman giving absolutely zero fks in the middle of chasing a drug smuggling submarine the video shows crew members from the coast guard cutter munro as they chase a selfpropelled semisubmersible suspected drug smuggling vessel spss aka a drug smuggling. Soldiers discover colombian drugs cartels fibreglass submarine. A service member jumped onto the speeding, semisubmerged vessel in the heartpounding clip. The book, drug subs, written by dr robert spalding is the first factual book in print that describes the. Inside seized drugsmuggling submarines photo essays time. The july 18 interception of a semisubmersible in the pacific is being called the biggest drug bust of its kind in coast guard history. Drug submarines are becoming increasingly popular for drug smugglers seeking a new diy solution to bring more of their drugs into america. The story behind that viral coast guard narcosub video.
Rating is available when the video has been rented. Coast guardsman jumps onto moving submarine full of drugs. First ever transatlantic drug submarine is captured by. Military seize biggest drugs submarine in colombia on demand news. The scale of the drug smuggling operation had stunned investigators. Navy, coast guard and partner agencies new enhanced counternarcotic operations will go head to head with narco submarines.
Inside europes first narco submarine captured carrying. The problem with using a catapult for drug smuggling. Officer jumps on submarine to bust alleged drug smugglers. In fact, as of june 2012, maritime drug smuggling accounts for 80% of the total illicit. Dramatic video shows the coast guard trying to stop a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs into the united states. Colombian narcotraffickers use underwater crafts to sink to new depths getting their products to market. Sources suspect family slaughtered by drug cartel was.
Colombian drug traffickers are using a new secret weapon to smuggle cocaine north drug submarines. Video of a cocaine bust on a ship was released by the us coast guard. The coast guard captured this semi sub with seven tons of cocaine and took video of the squalid crew compartments before they sank this ship. Coast guard video from 2008 captures a rare daylight drug sub chase in the pacific. Soldiers have discovered a drugsmuggling submarine that was used by a colombian cartel to ferry cocaine with a. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, provide social media features and analyse our traffic and share information about your use of. The coast guard ship intercepted the fullyloaded drug smugglers sub off south america, leading to the five men aboard the narcosubmariner to surrender. A us coast guard crew dramatically boarded a selfpropelled semisubmersible vessel suspected to be smuggling drugs. Coast guard video from 2008 captures a rare daylight drug sub. In a dramatic video released july 11, a coast guard cutter is shown pulling. The raid was part of a series of drug seizure operations in the eastern pacific.
Military seize biggest drugs submarine in colombia youtube. The drug cartels subscalled a quantum leap in technologyare. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, since many more get through. Dramatic video shows coast guard leaping onto submarine. Us coast guard shows picture inside drug sub seized in. Coast guard crewman leaps aboard narco sub, bangs on hatch. Up to 30 metres long and nearly impossible to detect, they are capable of distributing several tons of coke in just one shipment. Pablo escobars drugsmuggling submarine found by excia. Inside a submarine that smugglers use to transport illegal drugs inside edition. Dramatic video shows coast guard leap aboard narco sub.
Dramatic video shows coast guard nabbing suspected drug. What exactly are these vessels being used to move contraband. Video shows coast guard jumping on drug submarine in the middle of the pacific. Pages public figure video creator whatever videos drug smuggling submarine stopped by.
These craft often had sophisticated electronics for evading capture. Inside a submarine that smugglers use to transport illegal. The influences of the liberation tigers of tamil eelam ltte, or tamil tigers 1980s and 1990s drug smuggling fleet on the modern latin american cartel boats are also summarized. A highspeed chase involving a suspected narcosubmarine out in the. Dramatic video shows coast guard nabbing drug smugglers on submarine. In 2006 and 2007 a new method of smuggling emerged, surface skimming, semisubmersible, homemade submarines were captured from thailand to spain to colombia. Colombian traffickers moving drugs in submarines us coast guard intercepts drug running. Us coast guard members intercepted a narcosubmarine carrying 7700. Watch as the crew stops a drug smuggling submarine aka narco sub. Cocaine cartels fuel submarine building boom deep in colombian. They are especially known to be used by colombian drug cartel members to export cocaine from colombia to mexico, which is often then transported overland to the united states. Inside a submarine that transports illegal drugs youtube. Colombian drug smugglers built this stealthy, special forcesinspired boat. Some 36 of these purposebuilt smuggling vessels were reported to have been intercepted or found last year.
Narcosubs pose underwater threat for us, colombia authorities. Coast guards operations to combat drug smuggling can be. The three moms and six children gunned down by drug cartel thugs in northern mexico were deliberately targeted, according to a new report. In the video from june 18, members of the team are seen pounding on the hatch until one of the suspected smugglers emerges with. Cocaine cartels fuel submarine building boom deep in colombian jungle. Drug smuggling submarines were first heard of in the 1990s, but they didn. For years, they were referred to in hushed tones simply as bigfoot a mythical creature rumored but never seen but these days, the narco submarines used by colombias drug cartels have. Suspected drugsmuggling vessel boarded dramatic video released by the u.
Us coast guard crew boards suspected drugsmuggling submarine in pacific ocean abc news. But the story of how coasties took down the socalled narco sub began about 12 hours before the video took place, according to capt. The book discusses the origins of such modern smuggling vessels going back to the 1920s prohibition bootleggers who operated a oneman moonshine submarine. The us coast guard cutter munro intercepted several suspected drug smuggling vessels, including a semisubmersible vessel, also known as a narco submarine, and two boats in the eastern pacific. Dramatic video shows coast guard nabbing drug smugglers on. Colombian drug smugglers built this stealthy, special. Colombian cartels are using hightech torpedoes to smuggle drugs tomonews. Coast guard has released dramatic video of the moment it captured a drug smuggling vessel in the eastern pacific. The coast guard shared a photo from inside the cabin of a cocainefilled submarine that cutter munro a crew member jumped on in pacific ocean waters to stop smuggling. Dozens of subs are thought to be in operation between the coasts of colombia and mexico, and law enforcement estimates that another 70 will be built in. The coast guard recovered more than 6 tons of drugs from the 40foot vessel. In the summer of 2017 the colombian military captured a drug sub described at. Authorities in awe of drug runners junglebuilt, kevlarcoated. In 2008 the number spotted has already reached the 2007 count.
A narcosubmarine also called drug sub is a type of custommade oceangoing selfpropelled submersible vessel built by drug traffickers to smuggle drugs. A narco submarine discovered off the coast of spain appears to confirm suspicions that drug smugglers have developed vessels capable of crossing the. Video shows coast guard jumping on drug submarine in the. A recently published defense department video captures crew members from the coast guard cutter munro as they chase a selfpropelled semisubmersible suspected drug smuggling. Coast guard shows an interdiction team at sea, shouting in spanish while forcibly boarding a homemade submarine alleged. Coast guardsman jumps on submarine, bangs on hatch in. Dramatic video shows coast guard nabbing suspected drug smuggling submarine. The 100 most influential people next generation leaders person of the year top of the world. In the drug sub hunt, one of key wests top figures is a 28yearold naval intelligence officer who spent years in the navy on nuclear subs and is. Coast guard busts alleged cocainesmuggling submarine in. Coast guard shows an interdiction team at sea, shouting in spanish while forcibly boarding a homemade submarine alleged to be carrying thousands of pounds of drugs. In colombia, fleet of cartel narcosubs poses challenge.