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A First: U.S. Border Patrol Confiscates Drugs Dropped by Drone in Arizona
Cybercast News Service ^
| January 13, 2016 | 11:39 AM EST
| Susan Jones
Posted on 01/13/2016 1:08:35 PM PST by Olog-hai
U.S. Border agents say they confiscated around 31 pounds of marijuana dropped in the Arizona desert by a drone late last year.
The Nov. 16 incident is the "first drone drug incursion" detected by Customs and Border Protection, the agency announced on Tuesday. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: wod; yumaborderstation
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posted on
01/13/2016 1:08:35 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
31 pounds of marijuana ,Obama is set for next week
To: butlerweave
On the narconovelas, the cartels have fleets of drones lined up to cross the border with drugs. I think the novelas are pretty accurate on the Cartel action.
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posted on
01/13/2016 1:19:30 PM PST
by
sockmonkey
(Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
To: Olog-hai
Ha! Are those guys ever gonna have egg on their faces when they realize it was just a toaster-oven being delivered by an Amazon.com drone.
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posted on
01/13/2016 1:21:21 PM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
01/13/2016 1:31:07 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: knarf
Yes, the registered it when they registered their guns.
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posted on
01/13/2016 1:34:23 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
whew!
I was worried they might have broken a law or something
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posted on
01/13/2016 1:35:11 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: Olog-hai
31 pounds of marijuana dropped in the Arizona desert by a drone late last year. Capitalism marches on.
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posted on
01/13/2016 1:52:53 PM PST
by
ConservingFreedom
(a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
To: Olog-hai
Pot by drone?
Doesn’t sound economically feasible long term.
If they are using pot drops to fine tune for coke or heroin delivery then it makes more sense.
To this old country boy anyway.
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posted on
01/13/2016 2:04:58 PM PST
by
oldvirginian
(American by birth, Southern by the grace of God and Virginian because Jesus loves me. CRUZ 2016!)
To: oldvirginian
"Pot by drone?"
And if you're an "Amazon Primo" member they'll get it to you in less than 48 hrs.
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posted on
01/13/2016 2:47:39 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: butlerweave
31 pounds is around 14 kg. That's a big drone.
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posted on
01/13/2016 2:51:18 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Olog-hai
I can think of an illegal substance other than pot that I’d like to see delivered to a place other than the desert
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posted on
01/13/2016 2:59:47 PM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: billorites
Maybe one of the Japanese ag drones?
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posted on
01/13/2016 3:35:34 PM PST
by
USNBandit
(Sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: billorites
Amazon Primo Huh?
Order your drugs by Amazon Primo and your dope is air dropped ON YOUR LAWN iny48 hours or less.
Money back guarantee!
What a world.
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posted on
01/13/2016 6:39:53 PM PST
by
oldvirginian
(American by birth, Southern by the grace of God and Virginian because Jesus loves me. CRUZ 2016!)
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