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$1 billion of cocaine seized in largest American drug bust
Associated Press ^ | June 18, 2019

Posted on 06/18/2019 8:08:38 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

PHILADELPHIA — U.S. authorities seized more than $1 billion worth of cocaine Tuesday from a ship at a Philadelphia port, calling it one of the largest drug busts in American history.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Philadelphia announced the massive bust on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, saying law enforcement agents seized about 33,000 pounds of cocaine from a large ship at the Packer Marine Terminal. Members of the crew were arrested and face federal charges.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: cocaine; container; daterapedrugs; dea; defense; dopefiends; drugbust; intermodal; port; zombies
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1 posted on 06/18/2019 8:08:38 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Laz live in Philadelphia?


2 posted on 06/18/2019 8:10:04 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

“Members of the crew were arrested and face federal charges.”

They should be chained to the deck and the ship scuttled. Better yet let the Navy use it for target practice.

L


3 posted on 06/18/2019 8:10:05 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Any word what bank they preferred to use?


4 posted on 06/18/2019 8:11:47 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: ConservativeStatement

$1 billion?

I snorted that much last week...

Besides, who does cocaine anymore?

All the kewel kids are doing opioids and dying like rock star’s...


5 posted on 06/18/2019 8:11:48 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: DesertRhino

I guess they used a snow bank...


6 posted on 06/18/2019 8:12:19 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Where’s a straw when you need one


7 posted on 06/18/2019 8:14:58 PM PDT by MadLibDisease (Proudly residing in Dar-al-Harb since 1959)
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To: dp0622

To paraphrase Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon....that’s a lot of coke. Whoever owned it is gonna feel some pain.


8 posted on 06/18/2019 8:15:34 PM PDT by xp38
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To: ConservativeStatement

Some drug lord sure put a lot of eggs in one basket.
They used to have more sense than that.


9 posted on 06/18/2019 8:16:08 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Vendome

Well darn ... there goes my weekend


10 posted on 06/18/2019 8:16:34 PM PDT by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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To: ConservativeStatement

Obama’s stash.


11 posted on 06/18/2019 8:20:05 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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12 posted on 06/18/2019 8:20:11 PM PDT by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: ConservativeStatement

“A dollar and fifty cents worth of cocaine” - Richard Pryor (Language)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EZrOJLMyNk


13 posted on 06/18/2019 8:23:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Bad news for Hollywood, but expect better movies.


14 posted on 06/18/2019 8:24:35 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

The unintended consequences will be Legion (a word which I use deliberately and not lightly).


15 posted on 06/18/2019 8:25:06 PM PDT by lightman (Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
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To: Jyotishi
There was another large drug bust in NY/NJ, about $500 million IIRC.

That's $1.5 billion off the streets just in that 100 mile stretch.

Someone in DC is gonna be upset.

16 posted on 06/18/2019 8:30:06 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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17 posted on 06/18/2019 8:31:51 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Isn't it funny that the very people who scream "My body, my choice" wants a say in your healthcare?)
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To: xp38

Yeah that is a lot.

Since I DIDNT do it and it was 15 years go, I can tell this story.

I was on roxys for pain. 5 dollar co pay. I was offered 1500 dollars for my bottle.

I passed.

It didn’t work for me so I stopped taking it.

Can’t imagine today what a bottle goes for


18 posted on 06/18/2019 8:38:26 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Tony Montana,
“Say hello to my Little FRiend!”


19 posted on 06/18/2019 8:38:33 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Great bust. Great work! The feds should be legally equipped to take ships that are used to bring drugs here. The proceeds could be used for materiel for a real war on drugs (better than a silly metaphor).


20 posted on 06/18/2019 8:40:06 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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