THE MEXICAN NAVY SAID IT SEIZED MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF *TONS* – OR ABOUT 8-THOUSAND POUNDS – OF COCAINE OFF THE COAST OF ACAPULCO.
THEY SAY A SO-CALLED “NARCO SUB” WAS SPOTTED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN NEAR THE RESORT TOWN EARLIER THIS WEEK.
WHEN MEXICAN NAVY SHIPS INTERCEPTED THE BOAT – THEY FOUND MORE THAN 100 PACKAGES FILLED WITH BRICKS OF COCAINE ONBOARD.
“NARCO SUBS” ARE SEMI-SUBMERSIBLES VESSELS THAT CANNOT GO FULLY UNDERWATER.
THEY’RE POPULAR AMONG INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKERS AS THEY CAN SOMETIMES ELUDE DETECTION BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
MEXICAN AUTHORITIES SAY THEY DETAINED 9 CREW MEMBERS ON THE BOAT – 6 OF WHOM WERE FOREIGNERS, THOUGH THEY DID NOT SPECIFY WHERE FROM.
COCAINE IS PRODUCED IN SOUTH AMERICA AND IS USUALLY SHIPPED THROUGH THE PACIFIC OR THE CARIBBEAN TO REACH THE U-S.
THE SEIZURE COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER THE MEXICAN NAVY SEIZED A RECORD MORE THAN 8.3 TONS OF DRUGS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
THAT CARGO WAS INTERCEPTED FROM SIX DIFFERENT VESSELS – INCLUDING ONE “NARCO SUB” THAT HELD ABOUT 48-HUNDRED POUNDS ALONE.
MEXICO’S NAVY SAID TUESDAY NEARLY 30-THOUSAND POUNDS OF ALLEGED DRUGS HAVE BEEN SEIZED AT SEA UNDER THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION – WHICH HAS ONLY BEEN IN PLACE SINCE OCTOBER 1-ST.