美国海关查获价值一亿余美元可卡因走私船
A US Navy P-3 Orion Maritime patrol aircraft takes off from Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, July 26, 2015.
美国海军P-3猎户座海上巡逻飞机于2015年7月26日在土耳其南部城市阿达纳Incirlik航空基地起飞。US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents had a close call with a high-value target in the Pacific Ocean.
美国海关与边防局，空军海军行动部队内部就太平洋区域的问题进行了一次针对高价值目标的通话。
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，长期跟进p-3的成员参加了军法的执行，查获到了一只自推式半潜水船，当时正试图穿过东太平洋海域。
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.
根据美国海关与边防局消息，情报人员随后拦截了半潜水船，在那里他们发现了超过12，800磅的可卡因，预计总价值约193,939,000美元。 3月24日美国情报人员逮捕了飞机上的四人。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."
但是羁押是短期的，因为半潜船变得不稳定且易沉没，海关与边防局说道。半潜水船用于毒品走私也被称为缉毒潜艇。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.
尽管没能得到货品，海关与边防局仍将此次行动看做一次成功的案例。我们的队员会一如既往地抓住每一次机会瓦解这一类型的运输类犯罪活动，德克萨斯州的科珀斯克里斯蒂，国家航空安全行动中心主任John Wassong说道。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.
据Vice News.报道，通常用于走私的半潜船只能潜入水面表层，仅带有一个排气管，一件驾驶室，一根在水中用于紧急情况使用的通风管。舰艇常做些伪装，而这其中有许多都是在可卡因生产中心哥伦比亚建造的。
