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Criminal

Sep. 28, 2000

U.S. Nabs Boat and 2 1/2 Tons of Cocaine

SAN DIEGO - Coast Guard and Navy crews patrolling more than 200 miles west of Panama have made what authorities said was the first seizure of a fuel supply boat in a drug smuggling scheme.

        SAN DIEGO - Coast Guard and Navy crews patrolling more than 200 miles west of Panama have made what authorities said was the first seizure of a fuel supply boat in a drug smuggling scheme.
        The U.S. crews also recovered 5,300 pounds of cocaine thrown overboard by the crew of a small vessel that later sank after colliding with the supply ship in the early morning darkness, U.S...

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