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-- Feds seze 5 metrics tones of Cocaine ($350 million worth)
Feds seze 5 metrics tones of Cocaine ($350 million worth)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Wednesday that it stopped a vessel allegedly smuggling an estimated five metric tons of cocaine, worth an estimated $353 million.
Authorities arrested four suspected smugglers Sunday, but not before they apparently intentionally sank the semi-submersible vessel. A Coast Guard detachment made the arrests and recovered 11 bales containing 1,210 pounds of cocaine. More than four metric tons of cocaine are believed to have gone down with the watercraft.
A CBP P-3 Orion aircraft, based in Jacksonville, Fla., began tracking the semi-sub Sunday, after the crew noticed the suspicious vessel while conducting a routine patrol in the Pacific Ocean, according to a CBP press release.
"The P-3 aircraft then guided a U.S. Navy ship to the scene as the suspects scuttled the vessel along with the majority of the contraband aboard," the CBP statement said. The Coast Guard then moved in to make the arrests and seize the cocaine.
CBP's Office of Air and Marine maintains P-3 aircraft for transit zone surveillance needs in Corpus Christi, Texas, in addition to its Jacksonville, Fla., base at Cecil Field. According to CBP, the Jacksonville operations center has confiscated more than 32 metric tons of cocaine, with a street value of $2.2 billion, so far this fiscal year. The aircraft are also in use by the CBP in Central and South America.
In March, the Coast Guard announced that it made the largest maritime cocaine bust in U.S. history. The Panamanian ship stopped in that bust was allegedly carrying more than 40,000 pounds of the narcotic � or approximately 20 tons.
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Re: Feds seze 5 metrics tones of Cocaine ($350 million worth)
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| Originally posted by Djsketchbag worth an estimated $353 million. |
I would definitely cop a Zip Lock freezer bag full. Honestly, who would notice with that much?
holy shit, I would love to be the corrupt cop that puts this in the evidence storage.
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| Originally posted by Invasionmix holy shit, I would love to be the corrupt cop that puts this in the evidence storage. |
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| Originally posted by Djsketchbag Well they only got 1,210 pounds of cocaine witch is less then one metric tone,the other 4 are "believed" to have sunk with the ship. |
ahaha.. maybe the us gov't is gonna take care of some debt with this?
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| Originally posted by betaa ahaha.. maybe the us gov't is gonna take care of some debt with this? |
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| Originally posted by betaa ahaha.. maybe the us gov't is gonna take care of some debt with this? |
Scott wins the thread.
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| Originally posted by Abercrombie Scott wins the thread. |
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| Originally posted by Invasionmix holy shit, I would love to be the corrupt cop that puts this in the evidence storage. |
Who wants to go on a scuba diving expedition/trip/tour?
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| Originally posted by Skipper Great idea - that way, the trial can eventually be thrown out once it's discovered that the evidence has been tampered with? |
What a waste a four tonnes of perfectly good cocaine. Scuba diving soudns like a genius idea right about now.
just imagine how good the dolphins are feeling right now.
Cocaine blows.
*rimshot*
Reading this, I vacillated between "why is this relevant?" and "I wish this weren't relevant."
Then I wrote something about the human impact of the cocaine trade, but figured this isn't the time and place for that particular discussion.
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