"In Four Days The U.S. Navy Seized 3 Narco Subs This Month" Topic
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Tango01 | 28 May 2020 12:40 p.m. PST |
"The success of the new Enhanced Counter-Narcotics Operations, being run by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) are slowly coming out. Since April 1 the Command has dedicated more naval assets to stemming the flow of illicit drugs into the United States. During four short days in mid-May the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard stopped three narco submarines in their tracks. News of the interdictions is only now coming out in a series of press releases. There is often a lag reporting these incidents, especially when they are intercepts at sea. Part of the reason for this may be that it gives law enforcement a brief window where the cartel may not know that the sub has been seized. This allows intelligence leads to be followed up without alerting the drug traffickers. In some cases this can result in another drugs bust where the next narco-sub in the chain is also caught…"
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Max Schnell | 28 May 2020 3:26 p.m. PST |
I see they are going smaller and faster and are Low Profile Vessels. These boats are simpler made compared to the semisubmersible craft of 20 years ago. |
Chuckaroobob | 28 May 2020 6:34 p.m. PST |
Not sure the drug trade is ever going to stop without reducing demand. There will always be suppliers willing to try it. |
Thresher01 | 28 May 2020 8:54 p.m. PST |
Makes me wonder how many got in unnoticed. I think the rule of thumb is we generally intercept only about 10% of all the drugs coming in over/under/through the border. |
Andrew Walters | 29 May 2020 10:17 a.m. PST |
Probably more than 10% during those four days. I wonder how many of those there are, though. Unless this was an intentional sweep and they deliberately caught them around the same time, depending on the catch rate there are a lot of those out there. |
Tango01 | 29 May 2020 3:13 p.m. PST |
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