The U.S. Coast Guard reportedly seized nearly 15,000 pounds of ******* from a submarine-like vessel off the Caribbean coast of Honduras on July 13th.
The *******, which was recovered by the crew of the Boston-based Coast Guard Cutter Seneca in mid-July, has an estimated street value of $180 million. The contraband had been stowed on a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel.
Authorities detained the vessel's crew and recovered some ***** before the boat sank, the Coast Guard said.
Several Coast Guard cutters, the Honduran Navy and FBI dive teams then used side-sonar equipment to search for the sunken submarine-like vessel, which was located on July 26. It took authorities about three days to recover the rest of the ***** from the sunken vessel.
