Desperate to elude the US and the Colombian navies while trying to traffic cocaine to the US shores, the Columbian drug lords have devised a new form of transportation - the submersibles. The submersibles are a close clone of the submarines but are incapable of diving. They can, however, glide under water. The Colombian drug lords use three forms of water transports to commute their deathly products – submersibles, go-fasts or speedboats and old fishing boats. It is easy for the US and the Columbian naval forces to seize the later two vessels but the technologically advanced submersibles are comparatively difficult to be detected. The ingenious innovation of the mafias has covered the vessel with fiberglass cover on both the exterior and the interior of the diesel-electric powered vessel. The absence of any form of metal makes sonar detection of the vessels difficult for the naval flotilla. Despite of the efforts by the mafia to evade the naval forces, 13 of the submersibles had been stopped by the US and Columbian navies last year.
The Columbian drug lords enjoy considerable political and financial influence in Columbia, that has made it difficult for the US administration to nab them. In spite of strict surveillance along the borders by the US along with the Columbian navy, the drug lords are finding new means to sneak into the USA. Unless the Colombian administration is able to launch a combing operation in the country to bring these powerful drug lords face to face with the country’s legal system the saga of these drug lords will continue to plague us.
Source: NPR
