Government Seizes $500 million in Cocaine

[PlanetFrnd]

USA Today - Huge Cocaine Bust

Holy crap! What do you think they do with all of that?

Coast Guard snags 40,000 pounds of cocaine

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By Jeff Chiu, AP

U.S. Coast Guard safety officers watch over bales of cocaine worth an estimated $500 million, which was offloaded in Alameda, Calif.

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) ? The Coast Guard began unloading more than 40,000 pounds of cocaine seized from three ships off the Central American coast, much of it from a single bust considered the largest in U.S. maritime history.
Coast Guard officers had boarded a 330-foot ship heading north off the Pacific coast of Panama last month and discovered about 38,000 pounds of cocaine in two shipping containers, officials said. It was the largest single sea-based seizure of cocaine by a U.S. agency, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Brian Leshak...

 

[methomps]

That blows.

 

[iambrutus]

now is a good time to sell any cocaine that you can, demand is high, supply is now 40K lbs low...

 

[OCBucksFan]

Los Angeles club kids can be heard crying all the way in New York.

 

[gregorylee]

Somebody is going to lose some sleep over this one.

 

[kinch]

Somebody is going to lose some sleep over this one.

Or gain some sleep.

 

[Dryden]

They better search those bricks of cocaine for little baggies with Mexicans in them.

 

[Saw31]

Keep up the good work guys...

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Fuckin' coke smugglers......

 

[BB73]

The crack investigation team missed the ringleader, who took a powder.

 

[craigblitz]

<sarcasm>Great, just great... Now prices are going to go way up leading to more crime like theft, murder, etc... On top of that with all the stupid gun control laws innocent people will not be able to defend themselves and the whole country is going to go to HELL!!!</sarcasm>

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Man, I bet there are a couple of seriously pissed off drug lords right now...how long will it be before the cartel starts taking out contracts on high DEA officials and Coast Guard admirals?

 

[CCI]

Holy shit, I wonder how many lbs the DEA stole for there own use

 

[methomps]

Coast Guard is now issuing a statement correcting previously incorrect reports. They did not seize 40,000 lbs. They actually seized 39,900 lbs.

Thank you.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

The planning for Dubya's farewell gala is off to a heckuva start.

:p