Cocaine Smugglers Build Shit Submarines
November 24th, 2006 by Tim
Friday, four men from Costa Rica did something that’s growing in popularity. They handcrafted a 50-foot submarine made of wood and fiberglass, including 3 plastic pipes used as breathing devices.
Submerged only six feet beneath the ocean surface, the poor-man’s submarine had a zippy speed of 7 mph. That’s actually not bad, when you consider three tons of cocaine were on-board.
Tipped off by the craft’s three pipes curiously skimming across the surface, authorities spotted the sub off the Costa Rican coast near Cabo Blanco National Park. Security Minister Fernando Brerrocal said in a statement:
This is the first time in the country’s history that a craft with these characteristics has been caught near the national coasts.
I bet it isn’t going to be the last.
[via Newsvine]
