Police find semi-submersible watercraft intended for cocaine smuggling in Colombia

William Fernando Martinez / AP

Police officers walk next to a seized homemade fiberglass semi-submersible during a presentation to the press in Puerto Escondido, Colombia, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. According to police, the semi-submersible was seized from drug traffickers during an operation in Puerto Escondido Monday.

Leonardo Muñoz / EPA

Members of Colombia´s anti drugs police stand guard over a submersible which belongs to criminal gang "Los Urabeños", seized in Puerto Escondido, Colombia, 18 October 2011. The boat, made out of fiberglass, has a capacity of six tons of cocaine.

William Fernando Martinez / AP

A cameraman works inside a seized homemade fiberglass semi-submersible during a presentation to the press in Puerto Escondido, Colombia, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011.

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What's next, a home made aircraft carrier?

    Reply#26 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:10 PM EDT

    If you think the solution is to legalize drugs, you need read up on, "China's

    Opium Wars."

      Reply#27 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:12 PM EDT

      No need, we can just look to several countries today who have legalized and see for ourselves, within a modern context, how well its worked for them. No need to read up in somthing that happend so long ago.

        #27.1 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:18 PM EDT
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        All the subs are made thanks to the support of druggies of United States...

          Reply#28 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:17 PM EDT

          The Indians of south America have used coca leaves for thousands of years as medicine and to help them breathe at high altitudes. Coca tea is available in grocery stores.

            Reply#29 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:21 PM EDT

            look to Portugal, all drugs are decriminalized , addicts are cleaned up and put back into society with jobs .

              Reply#30 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:30 PM EDT

              doing what???????????

                #30.1 - Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:12 AM EDT

                not to mention it's been decriminalized there for a decade now...even hiv infections are on the decline thanks to smart policies and regulation.

                  #30.2 - Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:08 PM EDT
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                  WooHoo, high tech vehicles, NOT commercially marketed...that means Who and WHO are in bed together?

                    Reply#31 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:21 PM EDT

                    Homemade boat. Big deal. Probably considered obsolete anyway since I beleive the big guys are now using submarines.

                      Reply#32 - Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:58 AM EDT

                      There is "NO" K in cocaine!!! "Coke" is a carbonated soft drink! So if you are going to shorten the name of cocaine...it would be coc!! get it??

                        Reply#33 - Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:11 AM EDT
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