Ecuador Seizes Drug-Running Super Submarine

For years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency heard rumors that drug cartels were building submarines to smuggle cocaine up the Pacific coast.

Authorities did find primitive submersibles designed for one-way trips to Mexico, but the rumors spoke of something far more ambitious — a full-sized "super sub" with the ability to make extensive round trips, carrying tons of cargo.

In July 2010, Ecuadorian authorities found such a vessel: a 74-foot long, fully functioning Kevlar-coated submarine, discovered in a remote swamp near the Colombian border.

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