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105 tons of marijuana seized in Baja California
LA Times ^ | 10-19-10 | Richard Marosi

Posted on 10/18/2010 11:33:11 PM PDT by Justaham

Baja California authorities seized 105 tons of marijuana Monday morning in what is believed to be one of the largest drug busts in recent Mexican history, according to Mexican authorities and media reports.

About 10,000 packages of marijuana were hidden inside six cargo containers stored in a warehouse in an industrial area of the border city of Tijuana. The marijuana was discovered after police on routine patrol intercepted a convoy of vehicles escorting a tractor-trailer that had left the warehouse, officials said.

After a shootout, 11 people were arrested. Police and soldiers, acting on information from the suspects, raided the warehouse and two homes near the coast, where smaller amounts of marijuana were found.

The neatly packaged cannabis — guarded by masked, heavily armed soldiers — was later displayed for the media at Morelos Army Base in Tijuana. Gen. Alfonso Duarte Mugica, the military's top commander in Baja California, said the drugs had an estimated street value of 4.2 billion pesos, or about $340 million.

The drugs were destined for the United States, he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: baja; drugcartels; drugtrafficking; marijuana; mexico; prop19; tijuana

1 posted on 10/18/2010 11:33:12 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

Industrial scale.


2 posted on 10/18/2010 11:41:07 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Justaham

Something tells me these 10,000 bundles were not getting carried over a few at a time.


3 posted on 10/18/2010 11:47:09 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: Justaham

Aw Duuude!


4 posted on 10/18/2010 11:51:49 PM PDT by Merrittk
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To: Justaham

That’ll leave a mark.


5 posted on 10/18/2010 11:52:56 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Justaham

Hmmmm... a convoy of vehicles full of armed men escorting a semi out of Tijuana....

That’s not suspicious...


6 posted on 10/19/2010 3:02:11 AM PDT by EricT. (Can we start hanging them yet?)
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To: Lancey Howard

Really? I think next week I can go to a friend and buy weed just as easy as before this bust.


7 posted on 10/19/2010 3:13:33 AM PDT by CalvaryJohn (What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
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To: Justaham

dirt weed , about as useful as alfalfa

Let the boys up in Humboldt do their thing
and the Mex’s can feed theirs to their cattle


8 posted on 10/19/2010 3:41:59 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

Yep, leaf versus primo buds.


9 posted on 10/19/2010 4:12:49 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: Justaham

Hey man dont bogart my bale!!! Far out!! That will take care of alot of 420’s.


10 posted on 10/19/2010 4:51:59 AM PDT by GUNGAGALUNGA (Democratus Suckus Teatus is the Latin root for Democrat and it means to tax)
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To: LeoWindhorse
"...dirt weed , about as useful as alfalfa..."

Now that I know true awesomeness, I'll never to back to the dirt. Why anyone would pollute their body with that low-end trash is beyond me.

11 posted on 10/19/2010 6:22:20 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns (Novare Res!)
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