Narcosub - Coast Guardsmen Seize 12,800 Pounds of Cocaine From Drug Sub

Published on Mar 31, 2016

Official video of U.S. Coast Guardsmen seizing a self-propelled semi-submersible on March 3, 2016.

Official caption: Coast Guardsmen from the Cutter Bertholf from Alameda, Calif., seize more than 12,800 pounds of cocaine and apprehend four suspected drug smugglers from a self-propelled semisubmersible about 300 miles southwest of Panama March 3. This is the second SPSS interdiction by the Coast Guard in Fiscal Year 2016, which runs from Oct. 1, 2015, to Sept. 30, 2016, and the fifth SPSS interdiction by the Coast Guard since June 2015. (Coast Guard video courtesy of Cutter Bertholf/released)


"CBP P-3 Detects Semisubmersible
Release Date:
March 24, 2016

Vessel, 5.5 tons of cocaine sink to bottom of ocean

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents efforts in the Eastern Pacific Ocean lead to the arrest of four people and the disruption of more than 12,800 pounds of cocaine.

The cocaine had an estimated value of more than $193,939,000.

The crew aboard a P-3 Long Range Tracker detected a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel Mar. 2, while conducting counter-narcotics operations with Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South.

The task force coordinated an interdiction of the semi-submersible with a U.S. Coast Guard vessel in the area while the AMO crew maintained constant visual surveillance. Upon interdiction, the U.S. Coast Guard arrested four individuals operating the vessel. The semi-submersible became unstable and sank."

Narco Subs

They can move more than just drugs.  There have been reports of Narcosubs that had "Middle Eastern Crewmembers"

I'll let you decide for yourself what that means.

US ASW - I wonder what Old NFO would have to say

about this.

"A greater concern, perhaps, is not what Russia is doing — it’s what the U.S. is not doing very well. In the unlikely event of a major war, the Navy would be forced to call up its reserve of anti-submarine watch officers, who operate from land bases and direct P-3 patrol planes and friendly submarines, while also steering carrier battle groups away from enemy subs."

There was at least one and possibly two Russion Akulas in the Gulf of Mexico, not too long ago, plus one off the East coast "That We KNOW Of"  What else have the Russians or someone else been slipping into the area?  With the Narco Subs in the Gulf and off the West Coast plus these new Subs of the Russians, I think we need to start finding out just how much of our ASW infrastructure is still viable.

Remember I posted about listening to my scanner a lot?

This story is one of the reasons why:

"AREA 3 (Kiii News) - Border Patrol agents said drug dealers are coming up with some pretty interesting ways to smuggle drugs into our country.

In fact, agents are seeing larger and more frequent dope seizures."


I originally started listening to my scanner after finding out about Narco Subs, Here Are More stories about Narco subs, note there are 3 links there. I had heard that the crew of one Narco sub was captured down by Brownsville, and another up by Houston. Since I live about 40 miles north of Corpus Christi, and less than 150 yards from a bay that leads right out into the Gulf of Mexico, there exists a possibility, small though it is, but a possibility that one of those Narco subs could conceivably pull in near my house. My Family could be endangered. Hence I listen to the scanner. The Local authorities, the State frequencies, Federal frequencies, Coast Guard and Navy frequencies. I notice however that there is very little if any reports about these Narco subs on my local news stations. Nothing on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, ABC, CBS. Nothing...

So since I KNOW that the drug cartels won't stop, and I KNOW the media either isn't being told by the Government, or doesn't think it's important enough to report on. I listen to my scanner and short wave receiver. That is how I heard a LOT of encrypted traffic on Navy and Coast Guard frequencies, and how every once in a while I hear traffic in the clear which is very confusing.

I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions.