Raw Video: US Coast Guard intercepts drug running submarine

In the last 6 months the U.S. Coast Guard along with the U.S. Navy have found 42 submersibles headed north towards the United States and off the coast of Central America. That is double the number found in the previous 5 years combined. These subs can carry as much as 10 tons of drugs or even weapons and some of the latest models can move 15 knots. This is obviously troubling and makes our war on the cartels that much more difficult. We are currently at Coast Guard Island in Alameda California, where the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman is located. The ship has recently returned from operations off of Central America, where finding these subs is proving difficult. They are primitive but effective and built similar to the subs used in the civil war. Usually about 6 inches or so sticks above the water, which is almost impossible to spot. During the day the subs sit, preserving their cover for movement at night. Here is some great raw video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard.

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• Drugs
• Submarines
• submersible
• columbia
• cocaine
• drugbust
• US
• Coastguard

[panzermacher]

Because you don't have to be a rocket scientist to do 5 minutes of research on the net.

[panzermacher]

Because they are what's termed semi-Submersibles, they can't dive, they have a very low free board, just skimming beneath the surface, they are usually made from fiberglass, with a lead cap over the engine compartment to hide the heat signature.

[mgibbs88]

Must increase the cost of drugs due to cost of building these things. I have no respect for the drug runners but my can they be innovative when they think of ways of getting past our security.

[Superfireguitar]

@mauidiggy my roomate just got home from the horn of africa coast of aden yesterday- USCG... I am just spending the afternoon with a whole new respect for him and what you all do for our country.. it is incredible the unexpected deployments he has to go through for my safety and the safety of ppl in other countries as well.. God Bless USCG may you all past present and future be kept in His will

[mauidiggy]

Who made the comment that the USCG is so underfunded by the DOD?? You're clearly a moron. First of all the CG is part of the dept of Homeland Security... the only military branch that is. They have more funding, assests, and technology that u can possible imagine. Being a USCG vet and ex-boarding officer... I can tell u, they are super-well equipped and have technology that is extremely classified. They are cutting edge. The problem is... people don't know, or care. How about a little respect!

[TakeBackFreedom]

DIVE!DIVE!DIVE!DIVE!

Caught

[revengeracer1]

@examinationboard goes to show the value of the shipment

[Ayla8711]

@jbmcbean -- you replied to a two year old comment just to tell me that?

[jbmcbean]

@Ayla8711 I think you might have meant that they don't generally use sonar.

[cochranexyz]

Drug users and dealers in the US and canada should be killed. That would stop the flow. For a time, anyway.

[Justin5258794]

thats cool they should of shot them though

[examinationboard]

it's amazing how they just dump these million dollar semi subs after just one trip