美國海關查獲價值一億餘美元可卡因走私船
A US Navy P-3 Orion Maritime patrol aircraft takes off from Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, July 26, 2015.
美國海軍P-3獵戶座海上巡邏飛機於2015年7月26日在土耳其南部城市阿達納Incirlik航空基地起飛。US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents had a close call with a high-value target in the Pacific Ocean.
美國海關與邊防局，空軍海軍行動部隊內部就太平洋區域的問題進行了一次針對高價值目標的通話。
The crew of a P-3 Long Range Tracker, working as part of a joint military-law-enforcement task force, picked up a self-propelled semi-submersible traveling in the eastern Pacific Ocean on March 2.
3月2日，長期跟進p-3的成員參加了軍法的執行，查獲到了一隻自推式半潛水船，當時正試圖穿過東太平洋海域。
Agents later intercepted the semi-submersible, on which they found more than 12,800 pounds of cocaine, an amount with an estimated value of $193,939,000, according to a CBP release issued on March 24. US agents arrested four people operating the craft.
根據美國海關與邊防局消息，情報人員隨後攔截了半潛水船，在那裏他們發現了超過12，800磅的可卡因，預計總價值約193,939,000美元。 3月24日美國情報人員逮捕了飛機上的四人。The seizure was short-lived however, as the "semi-submersible became unstable and sank," the CBP said in a release. Semi-submersible crafts used for drug smuggling are also referred to as "narco submarines."
但是羈押是短期的，因爲半潛船變得不穩定且易沉沒，海關與邊防局說道。半潛水船用於毒品走私也被稱爲緝毒潛艇。Despite losing the cargo, the CBP characterized the operation as a success. "Our crews will continue to take every opportunity to disrupt this type of transnational criminal activity," said John Wassong, the director of the National Air Security Operations Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
儘管沒能得到貨品，海關與邊防局仍將此次行動看做一次成功的案例。我們的隊員會一如既往地抓住每一次機會瓦解這一類型的運輸類犯罪活動，德克薩斯州的科珀斯克里斯蒂，國家航空安全行動中心主任John Wassong說道。Semi-submersibles used for smuggling are usually built to travel just below the surface, with just an exhaust pipe, a wheelhouse, and an airstack emerging from the water, according to Vice News. The vessels are often camouflaged, and many of them are constructed in Colombia, a major hub for cocaine production.
據Vice News.報道，通常用於走私的半潛船隻能潛入水面表層，僅帶有一個排氣管，一件駕駛室，一根在水中用於緊急情況使用的通風管。艦艇常做些僞裝，而這其中有許多都是在可卡因生產中心哥倫比亞建造的。
