Cocaine Charged Vessel Sink in Panama
San Jose - One person was killed and three others were arrested, while a semi-submersible vessel loaded with cocaine on the coast of Panama drowned while being chased by the Costa Rican Coast Guard, officials said on Wednesday.
Anti-drug commissioner Costa Rica, Mauricio Boraschi, said that 66 packages of cocaine, each weighing one kilogram, came to light after the ship sank near the Panama-Costa Rica border.
The experts believe that about 4,000 kilograms of cocaine fell to the ocean floor with a sinking ship, he said.
One suspect, a man who is believed to stopper to let the ship sink, was killed when the Coast Guard arrived on the scene, said Boraschi.
Costa Rican Coast Guard warned in secret on a semi-submersible vessel by the anti-narcotics aviation aircraft belonging to the U.S., and the pursuit of the ship to the waters of Panama.
"When we came to the rescue, a U.S. ship and aircraft belonging to Panama arriving later ... to provide assistance, and the suspects surrendered along with the products they carry, "said Boraschi.
Semi-submersible ships are, often made of fiberglass and is equipped with a diesel electric engine, typically used by drug cartels to smuggle cocaine from South America some lab for processing and examination in Central America and then smuggled into the United States through Mexico.
Ship of "narco-sub" largely operates under the sea, with the cockpit and smoke exhaust pipe is above the surface.
Anti-drug commissioner Costa Rica, Mauricio Boraschi, said that 66 packages of cocaine, each weighing one kilogram, came to light after the ship sank near the Panama-Costa Rica border.
The experts believe that about 4,000 kilograms of cocaine fell to the ocean floor with a sinking ship, he said.
One suspect, a man who is believed to stopper to let the ship sink, was killed when the Coast Guard arrived on the scene, said Boraschi.
Costa Rican Coast Guard warned in secret on a semi-submersible vessel by the anti-narcotics aviation aircraft belonging to the U.S., and the pursuit of the ship to the waters of Panama.
"When we came to the rescue, a U.S. ship and aircraft belonging to Panama arriving later ... to provide assistance, and the suspects surrendered along with the products they carry, "said Boraschi.
Semi-submersible ships are, often made of fiberglass and is equipped with a diesel electric engine, typically used by drug cartels to smuggle cocaine from South America some lab for processing and examination in Central America and then smuggled into the United States through Mexico.
Ship of "narco-sub" largely operates under the sea, with the cockpit and smoke exhaust pipe is above the surface.
