Crime
Colombian Police Seize Cocaine in Odd Places While Cracking Down on Cartels
- Posted on September 3, 2011 at 4:23pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Police in Colombia have been cracking down on the South American nation’s powerful and brazen cartels. A recent police checkpoint intercepted an ambulance carrying 65 kilos of pure cocaine near the Colombia-Venezuela border;
The find comes in the same week as a much larger haul. The Telegraph reports that authorities recently seized 2.5 tons of cocaine wrapped in 87 waterproof sacks buried in the desert near the Carribbean coast and town of Maracaidito. ITN reports the find is worth $65 million. Colombia is the world’s largest producer of cocaine.
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on September 4, 2011 at 4:36pmDecriminalize it and the problems go away. Big problem users will be violating outside of the decriminalized aspects and end up off the streets, being much easier to deal with than making every user a felon and unemployable.. Police will be freed up to deal with the petty thieves and pushers..
Report Post »MUDFLAPS
Posted on September 4, 2011 at 10:08amIll bet the president is gonna have one hell of a party tonight!!!
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 4, 2011 at 9:47am.
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decomposingclown
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 7:19pmmy Grandpa is so bummed
Report Post »bachstar
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 6:47pmit’s just overpriced confectioners sugar.
Report Post »MrKnowItAll
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 6:19pmCharlie Sheen‘s Monthly Supply didn’t make it through. Poor Charlie is gonna have the withdrawals of Two and a Half Men!
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 6:30pmlol
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 8:01pmEs tru dat1
Report Post »clingingtogodandguns
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 5:08pmOne hell of a party tonight the the police station.They will sell it back to them at half price.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 5:03pmThere’s joy in the ghettos today. They are finally getting Obama’s STASH.
Report Post »jerannco
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 4:51pmThe 40m they seized today pales in comparison to the 200m they probably missed. It’s big business, dirty as it is, and as long as there is a demand, there will always be a supply.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 4:45pmIt is good to see some victories being won; these drug cartels are a massive mess around the world.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 4:38pmMust be the Columbian version of “Mother, Jugs and Speed.” Harvey Keitel (Tony Malatesta-Speed) being the operative word…
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 4:45pmOh wow. That’s so unusual. U.S. Customs was seizing cocaine and marijuana out of north-bound Mexican ambulances long before this – long before Homeland Security ever decided to declare the border secure – from anything but everything.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 4:28pmToo bad we didn’t seize it! Help pay down all our debts…. *sigh*
JUST KIDDING!
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 4:45pmThey’ll probably resell it themselve. I hear Mexico is mad that all the illegals are fleeing Arizona and going back. They’re unemployment is up and no one is sending American money home to their families.
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