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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: the next step in drug traffic cut short. Subs!



In a message dated 9/8/00 8:03:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
vulcania@interpac.net writes:

> What I don't get is how the Colombian DEA made the connection with a drug
>  smuggling operation.  I mean, this boat's being built hundreds of miles 
from
>  the nearest port; I didn't hear anything about any drugs or paraphenalia
>  being found at the construction sight; and to jump to the conclusion that 
it
>  was to be used for smuggling seems like a bit of a leap, doesn't it?
>  
>  How do they know these guys weren't just a small group of extremely
>  enthusiastic homebuilt sub builders?
>  
>  Pat
>  
Anyone who has enough money to build something like that in Colombia is up to 
something illegal, even if the sub is only for sightseeing (in which case it 
would have been built closer to the ocean).

Anthony