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Ammoholic |
Holy shit, heads will be rolling. Escobar who? More than 16 tons of cocaine intercepted at Philadelphia port, nearly a record haul More than 16.5 tons of cocaine were seized from a ship at a Philadelphia port on Tuesday in what some officials say was among the nation's largest drug busts. The billion-dollar bust, in which several crew members were arrested, occurred aboard the MSC Gayane, a cargo ship that originated in Chile and traveled through Panama and the Bahamas before docking at the Packer Marine Terminal in Philidelphia, a senior official at the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) told CBS News. "This is one of the largest drug seizures in United States history," U.S. Attorney William McSwain, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, tweeted on Tuesday. "This amount of cocaine could kill millions – MILLIONS – of people. My Office is committed to keeping our borders secure and streets safe from deadly narcotics." The Mediterranean Shipping Co., responded to the drug raid by saying it's "aware of reports of an incident at the Port of Philadelphia in which U.S. authorities made a seizure of illicit cargo. MSC takes this matter very seriously and is grateful to the authorities for identifying any suspected abuse of its services." The company reiterated that it's "committed to working with authorities and industry groups worldwide to improve the security of the international supply chain and ensure that illegal practices are dealt with promptly and thoroughly by the relevant authorities." Several other cocaine busts over the last several months included $38 million worth of the drug sniffed out by drug dogs in Philidelphia in March, resulting in 1,185 pounds of coke being confiscated by authorities. But Tuesday's bust trumped that haul. Another huge drug raid went down in February, when customs agents seized 3,200 pounds of cocaine at the Port of New York and New Jersey totaling about $77 million -- the largest bust at a port since 1994.This message has been edited. Last edited by: parabellum, Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | ||
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Yeah this isn't the small sacrifice so the feds look good and the big haul goes through...this was the big haul.  Good, all the LE and prosecutors involved can actually feel like they made a dent in the "drug war" at least for a little while... “People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” –Chuck Palahnuik Be harder to kill: https://preparefit.ck.page | |||
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| SF Jake |
Were there hookers?? did they find the hookers??  ________________________ Those who trade liberty for security have neither | |||
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Objectively Reasonable |
That's actually a pro tip commonly given to low-end couriers that get caught. "You know, they WILL kill you over a lost $25K load." And that's actually come true. I can't even conceive of a smuggler/s losing a load that size and not having their geneaology charts develop some serious revisions. | |||
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| 186,000 miles per second. It's the law. |
Wall Street is gonna be bummed. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
They won't find the hookers. But all of the time spent looking may delay the rest of the investigation. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| Do---or do not. There is no try. |
Ya ship sixteen tons And whaddaya get? The Feds come seize it And they ain't done yet... Couldn't resist. | |||
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| It's not you, it's me.  |
Next week is gonna be rough. | |||
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Wait, what? |
Time to flood the crime industry with rumors of who screwed up, and who let the load get caught for a pile of money. Let the cartels kill their own. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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| Big Stack |
It would be interesting to see if this will effect street prices. And even if they don't get good plea deals, some people will be talking just to get witness protection. | |||
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As a side note in the interest of acccuracy in journalism, the A in DEA is for Administration, not Agency. Not that we should expect either accuracy or truth from today's journalists... | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
Trust me, tomorrow, a new shipment will leave Columbia...or another country’s shore. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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Coin Sniper |
Population of S. America drops suddenly over night. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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| Banned |
The bigger the bust, the bigger the boost | |||
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So, I wonder if they take the ship under the forfeiture law? That would put a dent in the transporters and perhaps make them pay closer attention to what goes in their cargo holds. Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. “If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016 | |||
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Member |
The boss is not happy and then he goes after the rest of the mob. He kills their kids, he kills their wives, he kills their parents and their parents' friends. He burns down the houses they live in and the stores they work in, he kills people that owe them money. Live every day as if it is your last, for one day you’re sure to be right | |||
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That shipment already left. New York, DC/Baltimore, Miami, New Orleans, Mobile, Galveston... hell, even Philly! The DEA nailed the BIG shipment to Philadelphia, not the ones (on a boat) to all the other ports, or the smaller ones into Philly! ______________________________________________________________________ "When its time to shoot, shoot. Dont talk!" “What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.” —Author Tom Clancy | |||
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| Ammoholic |
And like that, he's gone. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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I can't imagine risking that much product by shipping it all at once on one ship. Maybe that's the standard size for shipments these days. Wouldn't it be weird if our perceptions are behind the times? V. | |||
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Nosce te ipsum |
More ODs as dealers turn to borax cut with fentanyl. | |||
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