Without a Grave

TWENTY-THREE

IN A DANGEROUS NIGHT OPERATION ON SATURDAY, US COASTGUARD OFFICIALS CAPTURED A SUBMARINE STUFFED WITH SIX BALES OF COCAINE WITH A STREET VALUE OF $30 MILLION.A COASTGUARD SPOKESMAN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING A TEAM OF SPECIAL AGENTS WERE DISPATCHED ON SMALL BOATS TO SURPRISE THE SMUGGLERS AFTER A US NAVY AIRPLANE SPOTTED THE SUB IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS ABOUT THIRTY MILES OFF THE COAST OF FT LAUDERDALE.TWO SMUGGLERS WERE ON BOARD THE TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT STEEL AND FIBERGLASS SUB, BUT THE COASTGUARD WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE THE SMUGGLERS BEFORE THEY COULD SCUTTLE THE VESSEL.ARRESTED WERE JEREMY THOMAS, 23, OF PENSACOLA AND ERIC MYERS, 21, OF OCALA. THE US SHIP THAT NABBED THE TRAFFICKERS ARRIVED IN THE PORT OF FT LAUDERDALE TODAY WITH THE DRUG BOAT IN TOW.Florida Sun Sentinel, Sept. 6, 2008, P. B1