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Published 11/05/2009 by Individual.com


Drug sub carrying 5 tons of cocaine seized off Guatemala

U.S. authorities found five tons of cocaine aboard a semi-submersible boat during a joint operation conducted last month by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Guatemalan army off Guatemala's Pacific coast, a prosecutor said.

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