316,000 Holiday Bongs Seized at Port

NBC-LosAngeles ^ | November 19, 2009

[Steelfish]

316,000 Holiday Bongs Seized at Port

Jonathan Lloyd NBCLosAngeles.com [Pics in URL] Custom officials unwrapped a surprise Tuesday at the Port of LA/Long Beach -- 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments.

The shipment's value was estimated at more than $2.6 million. The fake ornaments were hidden inside 860 boxes that arrived from China in a shipping container.

Agents said the items were decorated like Christmas ornaments. Before you get any ideas, consider these holiday gift options.

[Pagey]

because the item itself is not illegal.. it may be intended to used in an illegal way... but it’s not illegal itself

LOL, I believe Tommy Chong (1/2 of the Cheech+Chong Brand Name) would have a different viewpoint on this issue. In 2003, he was nabbed for distributing thousands of bongs and marijuana pipes online through his California company, Nice Dreams Enterprises. U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab gave him nine months in a federal lockup and fined him $20,000.

[mysterio]

The drug war is a failure.

[mgstarr]

The drug war is a failure.

How can you say that, it keeps a lot of feds employed...

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[paulcissa]

LOL, I believe Tommy Chong (1/2 of the Cheech+Chong Brand Name) would have a different viewpoint on this issue. In 2003, he was nabbed for distributing thousands of bongs and marijuana pipes online through his California company, Nice Dreams Enterprises. U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab gave him nine months in a federal lockup and fined him $20,000.

Tommy Chong was convicted under Interstate Commerce law forbidding the sale of "drug paraphernalia" across state lines.