(July 18, 2008)—The Mexican Navy says it has found nearly 6 tons of cocaine inside a small submarine after towing the craft to shore.
A vice admiral says the 31-foot submarine was equipped with GPS and a compass and was supposed to drop its shipment on Mexican shores before it was intercepted two days ago.
The officer says the navy has stepped up patrols of the area where the sub was seized.
Four Colombian crewmembers were taken into custody.
They claimed to be fishermen forced by drug cartels to move the cargo, leaving the Colombian port of Buenaventura about a week ago.
Colombian gangs are increasingly making use of submarines to move drugs north into the U.S.
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