Why Was $2 Million Worth of Cocaine Shipped to the U.N. Mailroom?
- Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:55pm by
Liz Klimas
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UNITED NATIONS (The Blaze/AP) — When mailroom workers at the United Nations decided to search a white bag with a suspicious looking U.N. logo last week, they probably never expected to find 16 kilograms of cocaine (about 35 pounds) hidden in books inside.
Paul Browne, the New York Police Department’s chief spokesman, said the drug was in a white bag evidently masquerading as a diplomatic pouch that raised suspicions when it was being scanned because it was stamped with what looked like a poorly concocted version of the U.N. logo.
Browne said there was no name or address on the shipment sent from Mexico City through Cincinnati.
U.N. security officials called the NYPD and Drug Enforcement Administration, which confirmed the substance inside the shipment intercepted Jan. 16 was cocaine, the police spokesman said.
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U.N. undersecretary-general for safety and security Gregory B. Starr told reporters Thursday evening that “there is nothing to indicate that this had anything to do with anybody at the United Nations.”
Starr said the drug was actually stashed in two bags that were stamped with the sky-blue U.N. logo of a world map in an apparent effort to masquerade as diplomatic pouches, which are not supposed to be inspected. Inside the bag, the drug was hidden in hollowed-out notebooks, he added.
The U.N. official showed journalists a photograph of the bags that were seized, and compared them with a real diplomatic pouch used by the U.N., which is somewhat larger and made of a different material.
“This did not come from a United Nations facility,” Starr said of the shipment. “It was not, in my opinion, not intended to go to a United Nations facility.”
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Comments (87)
Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:16pmYaeh…….. BUSTED !
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:34pmI don’t know nothin.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:05pmPart of the UN food program?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:07pm(song)
Report Post »“Soooo look foooor… the UN laaaabeeeellll….”
LeeroyJenkins
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:33pmLoL the cartels are now shipping with the UN trademark time to change your name and symbol LOL show your true colors make it like Global dominance and hate of white rich people Nations or GDHWRPN for short.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:17pm& we r 2 believe it’s a wrong address post,,,,,,, lol,,,,,, yeah right !!!
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:14pmInstead of going to MSNBC it was mistakenly delivered to the UN Building.
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:37pmAbsolute BS that it wasn’t intended to go to the UN, the person who sent it put the UN logo right on the package hoping it would get through security at the UN to its intended recipient. If they’re trying to protect the “reputation” of the UN don’t bother, there’s no reputation left to save other than corruption.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 1:37amWell the just have to go to the whiteshouse now if they want to party.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:16amBarry will be pissed, there goes his weekend.
Report Post »amdoktor
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 12:06pmThey were caught red handed with the stash, and of course the lies/cover come out now. The UN delegates agenda can only be contrived by doped up minds. Kick them out of our Nation and deport them to the UK. They have no business messing with our sovereignty.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 12:16pmThis is strictly for favors(Bribes)! Back in the 80′s I took over the distribution managers job at Johnson & Johnson a while before Christmas and all these packages starting showing up addressed to Dist. Mgr. I was getting Boose – expensive – the latest gadgets from salesman wanting to get their feet into the door. I chunked most and the next year guess what – no gifts.
Report Post »MikeInOregon
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 2:20pmNot busted. Just the weekly supply shipment of the IPCC.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:11pmCan i have three guesses ? ….. 1. It was for a corrupt third world turd
Report Post »….. 2. It was for Obama and Reggie Love
….. 3. It was Barney Frank’s wedding gift
TaterSalad
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:05pmAnswer in one word: Lunch
Report Post »GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:13pmIf lunch needs 35 pounds, what would it need a “Happy Hour”?…UN…United Nose?
Report Post »GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:04pmChances are that Obama was planning a secret encounter over there with Larry Sinclair, looking for an old fashioned boy-boy moment of pleasure, along with some long lines of cocaine and a bottle of Bourbon!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:24pm@non american
Report Post »He dumped larry years ago….and he got dumped by Reggie Love recently….. So sad… But dang, have you seen Michelle lately ? Can u imagine that thing comin at ya in the middle of the night….. She’s a man baby !!!!!
GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:31pmDetroit,
Scary image, poor b*****d, now all makes sense to me :), and thanks to you, now I’ll have to sleep with the lights on.
Report Post »balrog25
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:01pmMy answer to the headline….”Duh!”
Report Post »SevenTrumpets42
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:40pmAnd so begins the cocaine for silence program…
Report Post »mikee1
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:37pmThey are dealers, pimps, rapists, killers, ALL FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER. See the novel, KINGDOM of DARKNESS, at AMAZON KINDLE or BARNES and NOBLE NOOK books. The Anti-Christ will come out of the UN organization.
Report Post »TheePolitinator
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 6:36amAlready has
Report Post »flatbroke
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:29pm“ not intented to go to the UN ” huh! yeah ! sure! so thats where all our billions is going!
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:48pmHey – they can’t help it if donations are down. Remember a few years ago the D.C. Mayor was caught snorting coke and then re-elected after he got out of jail. He promised a snort to all D.C. residents if they re-elected him. Someone at the UN headquarters remembered how he made so much money and pleased all the locals!
Report Post »Grandma-Revere
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:24pmPowdered refreshments for Intermission.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:20pmWow, do you think thats why the UN screws up on everything they do.. they are all coked out, higher than a kite. All the more reason to ban the UN they are useless anyway and do nothing but cause us more problems.. God help us!
Report Post »666Sucks
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:20pmCome on, why? It’s obvious, Obama can’t very well have it come directly to the White House with the kids there and all, besides the UN needs to cut their share!
Report Post »Pattondog
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:19pmit was actually intended for Eric Holder for paymetn for all the guns that he had shipped acroos the border to solicit skewed statistics on munitions crossing the border used in crimes. except he and obummer where the ones doing the running. ( hello lame stream media )
Report Post »or maybe the coke was a nastalgic gift to remind the commie in chief of his supposed college days.
How many harvard graduates does it takes to ruin a country? none becuase he didnt go thier!
ROFL
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:18pmI hope they follow this story. I don’t think this was the 1st shipment either.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:30pm@rofl
Report Post »Wasnt the first shipment….. That day !
Get those third world turds outta here NOW….
ROFL
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:17pmThey just wanted to smell it.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:22pmIt was part of an order out lunch
Report Post »The coke made it but pizza was lost
in the mail
Publius Novus
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:13pmLest we forget the “ Oil for ”Food“ ” program? Corrupt & dangerous.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:17pmThe answer has to be on the REQUISITION! duh!
Report Post »AntipasMetochos
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:12pmSince the UN is an unconstitutional organization residing within our borders, we now have an updated definition of “‘High’ crimes and misdemeanors.”
Report Post »goahead.makemyday
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:12pmThe Cartels were just making their security payments. It was sent through the official entrance by mistake.
Report Post »BTW did anyone notice that the bags with apparently bad job of a UN symbol got through Cincinnati from MEXICO CITY without being checked? Or could a person get a bomb into the States with apparently as little resistance?
THX-1138
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:11pm“not intended to go to a United Nations facility.”
Moo.
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:09pmBlakhawk1 is correct. Do you really think this is the first time? These clowns have immunity and can split it up and carry it where they want to and sell it and no one can touch them. The UN is and has been a center for distribution of dope for quite a while. The previous Sec. General’s son got rich off of shipping dope through it. Our government knows it and still, it keeps it’s mouth shut. Time to move this mess out of our country. We don‘t need it and we don’t want it. Ship the whole mess to Africa.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:05pm.
Why Was $2 Million Worth of Cocaine Shipped to the U.N. Mailroom?
They had planned on getting their Freak-On………
Report Post »teebubba
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:23pmGeorge Soros interns work there..
Report Post »TESLA
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:04pmHmm. UN=Universal Narcotics?
Report Post »texanpatriot
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:03pmMisdirected: it was meant for the White House…
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:11pm@texanpatriot
Report Post »Nonsense, those are clearly marked with the presidential seal.
thegreatcarnac
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:59pmGetting ready for May day celebrations.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:57pmBecause Ban Ki Moon was meeting with Abbas to discuss Palestinian statehood.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:56pmBecause they ordered it.
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