resurrectionsong

September 27, 2004

Wow. That's A Mountain of Coke.

The Coast Guard and Navy seized 30,000 pounds of cocaine from a boat off South America's Pacific coast this month in what authorities called the largest-ever seizure of the drug at sea.

30,000 pounds and I bet they still won't share.

Man, a few more busts like this, sell it off at street prices, and we wouldn't have a problem funding the war on terror...

Posted by zombyboy at September 27, 2004 03:11 PM

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Yeah, but then we'd have to relive "Iran-Contra" all over again...

Posted by: Nathan at September 27, 2004 04:51 PM

Well, there is that...

Posted by: zombyboy at September 27, 2004 04:53 PM

Radley Balko asks,"Here's the question to throw back at them: After 30 years of the drug war, why would a drug cartel still take the risk of sending 30,000 pounds of cocaine to the United States aboard one ship?"

I wonder how many shipments of that size they didn't catch?

Posted by: Walter at September 28, 2004 07:44 PM

Excellent question.

Man, I wish I could accurately plot the price of coke over those thirty years, the rate of usage, and the amount of coke intercepted or impounded.

Posted by: zombyboy at September 29, 2004 10:01 AM