Still, you've got to admire the technology

 

Narcotics smugglers in South America have developed a pretty remarkable way of transporting their product.

Narco submarines.

Can you imagine what could be accomplished with this effort and applied energy if it were put to the service of a legitimate purpose?

New wave of NARCO SUBS: Built by drug lords in the Colombian jungle, they can sail all the way to Europe - underwater and undetected - with up to £180m of cocaine... 

They've actually been around for awhile, but they're getting more sophisticated -- harder to detect and capable of carrying more cargo.  

Here's an example of the genre.