Those Pesky Narcosubs
...surviving an ocean voyage in these vehicles is far from guaranteed. And if the sub sinks, the cargo sinks with it.
Dr. Wen on Psychedelics
Bad experiences are not exactly rare. Why isn't this being discussed in the media?
As its nickname suggests, a narcosub is a vehicle designed for the purpose of transporting illegal drugs-- at the moment, mostly cocaine-- across large bodies of water, up to and including oceans.
They’ve proven quite effective, despite being an especially dangerous method of long distance travel. In fact, according to this article in The Guardian, a better name for the narcosub might be "propeller-driven coffin."
Insane journeys’: inside the narco-subs that cross oceans carrying hundreds of millions of pounds of cocaine
The article describes narcosubs as "...handmade semi-submersibles that travel just under the surface of the water with only their cockpit sticking out." Photos provided for reference.
Better funded trafficking operations have the option of using a fully submersible form that travels some 30 feet below the surface, which makes them that much harder to detect.
Not that a fiberglass submarine is easy to detect in any circumstances. When agents have...
They’ve proven quite effective, despite being an especially dangerous method of long distance travel. In fact, according to this article in The Guardian, a better name for the narcosub might be "propeller-driven coffin."
Insane journeys’: inside the narco-subs that cross oceans carrying hundreds of millions of pounds of cocaine
The article describes narcosubs as "...handmade semi-submersibles that travel just under the surface of the water with only their cockpit sticking out." Photos provided for reference.
Better funded trafficking operations have the option of using a fully submersible form that travels some 30 feet below the surface, which makes them that much harder to detect.
Not that a fiberglass submarine is easy to detect in any circumstances. When agents have...
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Those Pesky Narcosubs
...surviving an ocean voyage in these vehicles is far from guaranteed. And if the sub sinks, the cargo sinks with it.
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