A U.S. Coast Guard cutter has seized an apparent narco-submarine carrying more than 5,000 pounds of cocaine worth approximately $69 million during an interdiction operation in the Pacific Ocean.
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The semi-submersible vessel was transporting 2 1/2 tons of cocaine at the time of the Oct. 23 seizure by Coast Guard law
enforcement personnel aboard the Harriet Lane.
The Harriet Lane – a 270-foot medium-endurance cutter commissioned in 1984, operates out of Portsmouth in Virginia.
Boarding teams from the cutter deployed in interceptor boats and stopped the suspected smuggling vessel just before midnight,” the Coast Guard said in a news release Thursday.
“The boarding teams took control of the vessel before the four suspected smugglers aboard could sink the craft using installed scuttling valves.”
The exact location of the bust wasn’t disclosed.
“I am really proud of our crew and the precision and professionalism with which they conducted this interdiction,” said Cmdr. Dorothy Hernaez, Commanding Officer of the Harriet Lane, in the statement. . “It was an all hands on deck effort to properly position the cutter and to safely make the seizure."
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[–] fogdryer [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Tell me more please
[–] Zadim 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The Hayward warehouse, in the San Francisco Bay area, was under surveillance for a month before law enforcement officials launched a raid on June 21, 1991. In what is considered the largest heroin bust in America history, authorities confiscated 1,200 pounds of China White heroin at a projected value between $2-4 million. Five suspects were arrested. One of the more interesting (and tabloid) side-notes of the Hayward heroin affair was the list of investors in the warehouse, one of which was future Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
https://www.therichest.com/expensive-lifestyle/10-of-the-most-lucrative-drug-busts/
(She is also a D’Alessandros, extremely corrupt family).