Catch me if you can…

In direct parallel to Colombian drug cartels, the smuggler’s first attempt at evading capture during the river transfer from Hong Kong to Mainland China was to use speed to evade the police patrols. This involved added multiple outboard motors to low-profile boats just big enough to carry one or two cars. The Go-fasts’ bows are pointed and the hulls made to be semi-planning to reduce the amount of contact with the surface.

Speed does not always proof enough however, and the smugglers turned to more discrete means.

Armored Stealth Boat

The ASB was captured by Chinese police in spring 2003 in Guangzhou Province. The boat was discovered at a boatyard in Xiaohu Village, Huangge Town which is about half way between Hong Kong and Guangzhou city. The area is far from remote so the craft would probably have to rely on nocturnal transit to avoid detection.

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Dans les années 80, à Gibraltar, les ‘Victori’, célèbre famille de contrebandiers, avaient quelques ‘lanchas’ équipées avec 8 ou 10 moteurs.

Le nom d’un de ces speedboats?

‘SEE YOU LATER‘

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GIBRALTAR (Estrecho): mi viaje con 2.400 kilos de hachís a bordo de una lancha de traficantes

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