Guatemala nabs cocaine-stuffed submarine in Pacific

[Judi Lynn]

Guatemala nabs cocaine-stuffed submarine in Pacific
Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:09pm EDT

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's navy captured a makeshift submarine loaded with five metric tons of cocaine bound for the United States, the Guatemalan military said on Sunday.

The navy, which was working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on the operation, stopped the 55-foot (17-meter) vessel on Friday off Guatemala's Pacific coast and arrested four Colombian men on board.


"There was a sleeping compartment, another (compartment) for the engine, and a third for cargo which was full of cocaine," armed forces spokesman Byron Gutierrez told a news conference.

The four men were taken into custody by DEA agents.

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