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$48 million of cocaine to be offloaded at Miami Beach Coast Guard base
South Florida Sun Sentinel ^ | June 29, 2012

Posted on 06/29/2012 8:26:41 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

MIAMI BEACH— The dramatic results of three drug busts on the high seas will be evident today when more than 3,800 pounds of cocaine are offloaded at the U.S. Coast Guardbase in Miami Beach.

According to the agency, the cocaine has a wholesale value of more than $48 million.

(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cocaine; coke; drugs; drugwar; miami; warondrugs; wod; wodlist; wosd
Today's weather forecast calls for a snow storm off the coast of Miami.
1 posted on 06/29/2012 8:26:50 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Is Obama visiting Miami Beach?


2 posted on 06/29/2012 8:29:30 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ConservativeStatement; Anoreth

Could we sell it to raise money to pay for new Coast Guard cutters?


3 posted on 06/29/2012 8:32:53 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The Lord will rescue me from every evil threat and bring me safe to His heavenly kingdom.")
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Bush and Cheney are there to accept it for the CIA to sell it to poor, inner-city neighborhoods to keep the man down.(sarc)


4 posted on 06/29/2012 8:37:39 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: Tax-chick

The other night, searching through TV channels, I came across the Columbian druglord who supposedly slit her lovers throats. Interesting feature especially for those of us who lived in Miami. Her wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griselda_Blanco


5 posted on 06/29/2012 8:37:41 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: ConservativeStatement

(correction) I should have said “a feature on the Colombian....”


6 posted on 06/29/2012 8:41:23 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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It will be shipped directly to the White House to keep Choom Boy amused for about a week or so.


7 posted on 06/29/2012 8:43:48 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: ConservativeStatement
According to the agency, the cocaine has a wholesale value of more than $48 million.

A drop in the bucket of the total cocaine market. This sort of meaningless Drug War photo-op costs the taxpayer $40 billion each year - while the only demonstrable effect of the Drug War is to hyperinflate drug profits and restrict them to criminal hands.

8 posted on 06/29/2012 8:47:55 AM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Sounds like someone must have been horning on one of the CIA’drug routes.


9 posted on 06/29/2012 10:23:04 AM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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Sounds like someone must have been horning on one of the CIA’drug routes.

AH HAH. Very funny..... and somewhat close to the truth.

10 posted on 06/29/2012 11:08:54 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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