Customs officers, the Coast Guard and the agency’s US Air and Marine Operations detained a small submarine carrying 5.8 tons of cocaine. The cost of the intercepted parties valued at $ 193 million, according to the website of the US Coast Guard.
U-boat discovered March 2 by radio-tracking in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the coast of the United States. Some time for the submarine conducted visual observation. The operation to apprehend it held the US Coast Guard. During the operation, were arrested four people who were on the submarine.
The report notes that the submarine lost stability and sank.
According to the press release, in 2015, the crews of the Coast Guard participated in the 198 operations to interdict the smuggling of cocaine, which resulted in 96 tons of the drug were seized.
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