Posted on 05/23/2021 2:47:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry seized more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine — worth an estimated $2.5 million — in a shipment of watermelons last week, authorities said.
Officers arrested the driver, a 47-year-old Mexican national, on allegations of attempted drug smuggling.
It was the second major seizure of methamphetamine at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry announced in the past week. On Tuesday, authorities said they recently found more than 2,400 pounds of meth worth $5.5 million in a medical supply shipment.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
I like my meth with a hint of watermelon flavor.
“In the late 1970s, Richards allegedly went nine days without sleep in the recording studio. He later bragged, “Nine days without a wink.””
https://listverse.com/2017/07/10/10-musicians-still-alive-after-insane-drug-use/
My brother told me about a lumber smuggler who got busted at the Canadian border. He had the stuff hidden under a bunch of cocaine.
Drug cartels targeting the black community.
How does one survive something like that?
The longest I ever went was 42 hours.
I don’t know. I’ve gone over 48 a couple of times (without chemical assistance other than caffeine), during my firefighting days, and I was pretty much psycho by then.
The first night’s easy, but you find out who you are during the second. I can’t imagine going even 72 hours, let alone over 200.
I sprankle salt on mine...
Didn’t Dick Van Dyke do that on his show back in the 1960s or 1970s?
At today’s prices I figure the lumber might be worth more than the cocaine!
That was kind of the implication.
I went 3 days without sleep once. I started to hallucinate.
CC
buy American (fruit).
Sleep deprivation is rough. No wonder it’s a standard torture technique.
Watermelon, now Meth scented ... 😀
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.