U.S. Navy seizes cocaine-laden sub off Costa Rica
A Costa Rican official says U.S. authorities have intercepted a submarine-like vessel packed with tons of cocaine.
Security Minister Janina del Vecchio said in a statement Tuesday that the 70-foot (20-meter) vessel was intercepted by the U.S. Navy in international waters near Costa Rica.
Del Vecchio said the vessel was transporting an estimated 6 metric tons (6.6 U.S. tons) of cocaine.
She said U.S. authorities would tow it to a Costa Rican port and then to Key West, Florida.
Colombian drug cartels have been known to use home-built submarines to smuggle large amounts of cocaine to Central America en route to the United States.
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