Thar She Blows!

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials caught a semi-submersible off the coast of Guatemala with 5.5 tons of blow, worth about $350 million.

A submarine-like vessel filled with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine was seized off the Guatemalan coast, U.S. officials said.

Four suspected smugglers were operating the self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel when it was located and seized on Sunday evening by officials from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard, the Border Patrol said in a news release Wednesday.

When the suspects realized they had been spotted by drug-surveillance aircraft patrolling the eastern Pacific, they scuttled the vessel but were unable to escape.

Now, if there are drug lords willing to take these kinds of risks, is it possible for terrorists to attempt the same? We might get a better idea of the threat if we're able to learn how many times has this particular craft been used before it was captured.