<p>Honduran Navy and the US Coast Guard found 2.8 tonnes of cocaine Thursday in initial searches of the wreckage, located at a depth of 36 metres, he said, adding that 4.5 tonnes were found Friday.<br /><br />"This is the biggest blow to drug trafficking" in the country's history, armed forces chief Gen. Rene Osorio said.<br /><br />Washington has asked that the drugs and four crew members of the submarine - a Honduran and three Colombians - be turned over for prosecution in the US.<br /><br />The suspects were apprehended July 13 after they left the submarine and were fleeing in a dinghy. US Coast Guard divers later located the submarine on the sea floor some 16 nautical miles off the coast of Gracias a Dios province.</p>
<p>Honduran Navy and the US Coast Guard found 2.8 tonnes of cocaine Thursday in initial searches of the wreckage, located at a depth of 36 metres, he said, adding that 4.5 tonnes were found Friday.<br /><br />"This is the biggest blow to drug trafficking" in the country's history, armed forces chief Gen. Rene Osorio said.<br /><br />Washington has asked that the drugs and four crew members of the submarine - a Honduran and three Colombians - be turned over for prosecution in the US.<br /><br />The suspects were apprehended July 13 after they left the submarine and were fleeing in a dinghy. US Coast Guard divers later located the submarine on the sea floor some 16 nautical miles off the coast of Gracias a Dios province.</p>