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Dude! Look What the Tide Brought In!
Reuters ^ | April 3, 2003 | Reuters 'Oddly Enough'

Posted on 04/04/2003 7:35:29 AM PST by Pern

MIAMI (Reuters) - About 500 pounds of marijuana washed ashore on several south Florida beaches, prompting a late-night search for drug smugglers in choppy coastal waters, police said on Wednesday.

Federal and local law enforcement agencies sent two helicopters and two boats on Tuesday night to scour the sea for suspects after a man reported coming across a large bale of marijuana while strolling on the beach, police said.

In total, police found 12 bales of marijuana wrapped in white burlap sacks with a street value of up to $1.5 million, said Jim Messer, a Delray Beach police spokesman.

While fairly common during the drug-trafficking decade of the 1980s, Messer said it was rare to see such large quantities of illegal drugs floating ashore on Delray Beach, which is just north of Fort Lauderdale.

"Every once in a while we get refugees washing up on shore, every once in a while we get dope washing up on shore," he said.


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: dope; marijuana; maryjane; spliff; weed
Not uncommon. Once in a while a bale will wash up on LA, TX, AL, and MS beaches too.

In total, police found 12 bales of marijuana wrapped in white burlap sacks with a street value of up to $1.5 million, said Jim Messer

If it wasn't sealed and got waterlogged, it isn't worth squat now.

1 posted on 04/04/2003 7:35:30 AM PST by Pern
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To: Pern
To some of us, it isn't worth squat even if it was sealed.
2 posted on 04/04/2003 7:41:58 AM PST by exnavy
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To: Wolfie; vin-one; WindMinstrel; philman_36; Beach_Babe; jenny65; AUgrad; Xenalyte; Bill D. Berger; ..
WOD Ping
3 posted on 04/04/2003 9:36:02 AM PST by jmc813 (Control for smilers can't be bought;The solar garlic starts to rot;Was it for this my life I sought?)
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To: exnavy
Well it's value, economically speaking, is up the market.

I mean bricks of gold have no value to me personally, but economically speaking gold is worth it's weight in marijuana.
4 posted on 04/04/2003 9:44:46 AM PST by The FRugitive
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To: The FRugitive
Green Tide. Surf's up! (Way Up).
5 posted on 04/04/2003 9:46:21 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie
BONG!!
6 posted on 04/04/2003 9:54:44 AM PST by bassmaner (Let's take back the word "liberal" from the commies!!)
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To: Pern
Sea Weed!
8 posted on 04/04/2003 6:03:31 PM PST by philman_36
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To: philman_36
Sea Weed!


Ha! That's cool.

risa
9 posted on 04/04/2003 9:46:19 PM PST by Risa
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To: Risa
... the fish will be doing the backstroke --- flips too !
10 posted on 04/05/2003 3:13:29 AM PST by f.Christian (( who you gonna call ... 1 800 orc // evo bstr ))
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To: Pern



11 posted on 04/05/2003 11:56:41 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Bu-bye Saddam! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
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To: Risa
thats a really good one. I love it!
12 posted on 04/09/2003 6:57:12 PM PDT by Walnut
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To: philman_36
I meant to enclose >>Sea Weed<< in quotes to show the phrase was attributed to you---I just realized I didn't. :(

I apologize.

regards,
risa



13 posted on 04/10/2003 4:10:50 PM PDT by Risa
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To: Walnut
>>thats a really good one. I love it! <<

The "Sea Weed" phrase was coined by philman_36 (#9 post), and I, in my haste to express my glee with his creativity, failed to quote it.

regards,
risa
14 posted on 04/10/2003 4:25:09 PM PDT by Risa
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To: Risa
thats ok, your forgiven (smile)
15 posted on 04/10/2003 5:47:10 PM PDT by Walnut
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To: Risa
The "Sea Weed" phrase was coined by philman_36 (#9 post), and I, in my haste to express my glee with his creativity, failed to quote it.
While I thank you for the creativity compliment I can't truly take credit for "coining" that particular expression, though I do have some original works scattered about FR which may show you some of my creativity skills. You may think they suck eggs...I don't know, you be the judge.
The expression has been around for quite some time though.
16 posted on 04/11/2003 3:12:39 AM PDT by philman_36
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To: philman_36
>>While I thank you for the creativity compliment I can't truly take credit for "coining" that particular expression<<

Well, even if you didn't coin it, you deployed it at the perfect moment!

regards,
risa
17 posted on 04/11/2003 3:37:47 PM PDT by Risa
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To: Risa
Well, even if you didn't coin it, you deployed it at the perfect moment!
Good timing is what it's all about.
18 posted on 04/11/2003 5:39:35 PM PDT by philman_36
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To: Pern
Save the Bales!
19 posted on 04/22/2003 1:27:35 PM PDT by Whitebread
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