National Geographic Channel delves into the seedy underworld of drug smuggling in the upcoming documentary “Cocaine Sub Hunt,” taking viewers into a sophisticated vessel Colombian smugglers have been using to move cocaine. NGC crew was the first to gain access to an active DEA investigation as the team deployed a specialized hunt for these “cocaine subs.”
Airing Sunday, June 26, Cocaine Sub Hunt offers the first look inside this technically advanced, 100-foot-long, air-conditioned fiberglass vessel — a super drug sub with the capability to sail a six-man crew underwater for more than a week, some 30 feet below the surface, and carry about 8 tons of drugs worth an estimated quarter billion dollars. We’ll follow two Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) field agents, “Tony” and “Rich” (whose true identities are withheld), and team commander Misha Piastro in one of the most dangerous regions of Colombia on their quest to interdict submersibles, including the initial clandestine meetings with an informant, a commando strike deep in the Colombian jungle and the capture of their greatest prey. For weeks in the jungle and Colombian barrios, Cocaine Sub Hunt chronicles the DEA agents’ investigation as the first film crew ever allowed to follow active investigators in Colombia and the first deployed with their specialized sub-hunting unit.
Take a look inside what Colombian drug smugglers use to carry tons of cocaine across the sea in this video: “Life on a Cocaine Sub.”
And here, the Colombian police force and DEA agents team up to scour the thick jungle for a submersible construction site in “Jungle Coke Raid.”