NAKED DRUG RUNNERS NABBED OFF COLOMBIA

Seven naked drug runners were nabbed off Colombia's coast after they dumped
millions of dollars worth of cocaine into the ocean, doused themselves with
gasoline and then rammed a U.S. Navy vessel with their speedboat. The
Colombian navy said the smugglers might have sampled a bit too much of
their own merchandise. Sailors aboard the USS De Werth had spotted the men
while on patrol in international waters off Colombia. As the De Werth
closed in on them, the smugglers dumped 40 packages, each containing 50
pounds of cocaine, into the water, stripped naked and poured gasoline over
themselves to wash off traces of the drug. Then tried to sink their boat by
plowing it into the De Werth.