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Drug-Smuggling Subs Go High-Tech

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 6, 2009 2:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – It's not a lark anymore: Miniature submarines now carry about a third of the cocaine smuggled into the US. With the numbers up, the Washington Post takes a look at how these so-called semi-submersibles have gotten more and more high-tech over the last 2 years.... Read full story »

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