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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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To: ConservativeStatement

Just shy of 15,000 lbs. of yayo there ... quite a haul.


41 posted on 06/19/2019 3:09:47 AM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: TigersEye

sadly a drop in the bucket


42 posted on 06/19/2019 3:47:20 AM PDT by aces (and)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Someone has a lot of explaining to do.


43 posted on 06/19/2019 4:15:01 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Snorting whiskey....


44 posted on 06/19/2019 4:20:08 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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To: Spacetrucker

Actually that is 15,000 kilograms at 2.2 pounds per kilo


45 posted on 06/19/2019 4:22:15 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: MadLibDisease

The Snowflakes have confiscated all the straws - to use on the “snow” flakes...


46 posted on 06/19/2019 4:37:52 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: Lurker

“They should be chained to the deck and the ship scuttled.”

You get an “A” for creativity. Lil Kim, is that you?


47 posted on 06/19/2019 4:41:30 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Trump is President and CEO of America, Inc.)
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To: dp0622

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

Want to know how bad it is? I got a prescription for Tramodol. I picked it up at the local CVS and when I left the store I was offered 200 for the bottle. I told the person Tylenol for Arthritis is better and cheaper.


48 posted on 06/19/2019 4:44:17 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Trump is President and CEO of America, Inc.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

“You get an “A” for creativity.”

I try. These ****heels smuggling poison into our country should be given fair and open trials and then speedily dispatched in highly visible ways so as to be a lesson to others who would go down the same path.

But that’s just me.

L


49 posted on 06/19/2019 5:01:52 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

'Online ship trackers said the vessel seized in Philadelphia, named MSC Gayane, sails under the flag of Liberia and arrived in Philadelphia after 5 a.m. Monday. The ship’s previous ports of call were the Bahamas on June 31, Panama on June 9, Peru on May 24 and Colombia on May 19, records show.'


50 posted on 06/19/2019 5:10:54 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: TigersEye

I’m thinking that one was a diversion I’d keep checking around.


51 posted on 06/19/2019 6:45:44 AM PDT by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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To: Rappini

Their boldness in smuggling that amount of drugs makes me wonder how many times they got away with other crimes.


52 posted on 06/19/2019 7:27:47 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: hanamizu; familyop
The feds should be legally equipped to take ships that are used to bring drugs here.

I don’t know why they’re not. At the border there are lots full of cars that were seized because they contained drugs.

It's not the "Vessel" (MSC Gayane), it's the containers. When someone crosses a land border, it's a single container, that's the responsible party. If it was a railroad, same thing, you could confiscate the car, but not the entire train or locomotive.

53 posted on 06/19/2019 10:45:24 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: ConservativeStatement

They loaded 16 tons (of cocaine) and what did they get? Another day older and deeper in debt, along with their bust


54 posted on 06/19/2019 2:34:41 PM PDT by DeweyCA
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