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Wednesday 17 September 2008, San José, Costa Rica 
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 US Navy Seizes Cocaine Sub Off Costa Rica
 U.S. authorities have intercepted a submarine-like vessel packed with tons of cocaine.

The confirmation was made by the ministra de Seguridad, Janina del Vecchio,  in a statement Tuesday that the 20 metre (70-foot) vessel was intercepted by the U.S. Navy in international waters near Costa Rica.

Del Vecchio said the vessel was transporting an estimated 6 metric tons (6.6 U.S. tons) of cocaine.

She said U.S. authorities would tow it to a Costa Rican port and then to Key West, Florida.

Colombian drug cartels have been known to use home-built submarines to smuggle large amounts of cocaine to Central America en route to the United States.
 
 

 

 

 
 
 

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