A Submarine was used for Drug Smuggling in Ecuador; millions in Cocaine seized

Apparently this is being called "the first seizure of a clandestinely constructed fully operational submarine built to facilitate Trans-Oceanic Drug Trafficking". It blew my mind when I came across this recent article about a seizure of drugs in Ecuador; and that the capture was the seizure of a submarine capable of transporting millions in cocaine powder.

The war on drugs has just become a little more "war-like" with submarines on the side of the cartels, it's anyone's guess how long they've been cleverly transporting kilos under water undetected. The amount of cocaine moving through the Western Hemisphere Transit Zone in any given calendar year increases from the year before by thousands of metric tons; and I think we can all see how they do it lol.

If the underworld had been running the oil rigs (like the one's responsible for the BP spill recently) they would have probably done a better job at preserving the oil than the corporations we have running the show now. Removals of cocaine loads in transit by interdiction forces remains in the low twenty percent range according to statistics. This is well below the national target of 40 percent, suggesting that there remains much room for continued improvement.

This improvement will have to come in the face of a very bold and undeniable reality; that semi-submersible, low-profile vessels transport drugs for profit, and they do so effectively.

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[Video] How To Smuggle Drugs Into the USA

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Canada’s ‘Prince of Pot’ at war with US drug war

Via: Associated Press



VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Psychedelic rock booms through The Vapour Lounge. In the store, young and some not-so-young people smoke pot through a variety of devices. And owner Marc Emery stands in the middle of it all, proclaiming his goal of defeating the U.S. war on drugs. Known as the Prince of Pot, Emery has sold millions of marijuana seeds around the world by mail over the past decade. In doing so, he has drawn the attention of U.S. drug officials, who want him extradited to Seattle. Emery has agreed to plead guilty in Seattle to one count of marijuana distribution in exchange for dismissal of all other counts, and the U.S. District Attorney is pressing for a sentence of five to eight years in a U.S. prison.

The case is the latest twist in Emery’s two-decade-long fight against the prohibition of marijuana in North America. To his supporters, he is a brave crusader for the use and sale of a drug with both recreational and medicinal value. To drug officials, he is a criminal and the biggest purveyor of marijuana from Canada into the United States. Emery sits “right smack in the middle” of the North American debate over marijuana prohibition, said Allen St. Pierre of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws in Washington, D.C. St. Pierre predicted that Emery’s trial would “kick-start it all again.”

But drug officials say they are simply going after one of the world’s top 50 drug traffickers. U.S. authorities claim Emery’s seeds have grown $2.2 billion worth of pot.

Former Clipse Manager Indicted For $10 Mil Drug Ring

Via: All Hip Hop.Com



Former Clipse manager and nightclub owner Anthony "Geezy” Gonzalez has been charged in U.S. District Court with running a $10 million a year drug ring. According to federal documents, Gonzalez’s 6 year drug empire has allegedly moved 100 pounds of cocaine and over a ton of marijuana through Hampton Roads, Virginia since 2003. Authorities suspect Gonzalez imported the drugs from Panama Florida, California, and Arizona. The 82-count indictment states that Gonzalez laundered drug money through several front businesses, including the Clipse’s booking agency Soul Providers Management.