Narco Subs

[Astro Pen]

A fascinating insight into the world of drug smuggling. Crossing the Atlantic in home made submarines.

Cocaine-smuggling submarine reveals Europe's drug crisis

One secret boat took three men and $150m (£121m) of drugs from the Amazon rainforest to Spain.

www.bbc.co.uk

It's would make an interesting story to write or film to script.
The idea, the secret building, the truimphant launch, then the psycho drama of the crew dynamic as they cross the Atlantic maybe overlayed with cuts to the authorities discrete tracking room and the fateful problems off the Galacian coast...

 

[Foxbat]

It illustrates just how lucrative the drug smuggling business must be. I remember reading a few years ago, one drug lord who had been captured in South America (can't remember which country) offered to pay off the national debt if they let him go.

 

[AllanR]

It illustrates just how lucrative the drug smuggling business must be. I remember reading a few years ago, one drug lord who had been captured in South America (can't remember which country) offered to pay off the national debt if they let him go.

That was Pablo Escobar and the country was Colombia.

 

[Christine Wheelwright]

The movie could be called 'Das Toot'

 

[KiraAnn]

That article shows how much they have improved those subs since the 90's.