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 [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies 
#14844648 - 07/29/11 05:58 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies
July 29, 2011 - keysnet.com
A Merritt Island videographer died in a Miami hospital Thursday after he snorted an unknown substance -- possibly cocaine -- from a brick he found floating off the Middle Keys, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office says.
Thomas Swindal, 53, and his brother Kenneth were trolling in about 200 feet of water on Wednesday when, Detective Mark Maison said, they found what they believed to be a kilo of cocaine and brought it aboard the boat, tossing it into the bait well.
They kept on fishing and, Kenneth Swindal told detectives, he looked back a short time later and saw his brother open the package and ingest some of its contents.
He said about an hour and a half later, Thomas Swindal began to run around the boat, throw things in the water and even gaffed the engine, which fell off the boat and sank.
He continued acting strangely, running around with knives and pliers, so Kenneth Swindal threw all the sharp objects, as well as the package, off the boat.
Because he had no means of communication -- Thomas Swindal had tossed their cell phone off the boat -- and the boat lost its engine, the brother climbed to the top of the boat and began signaling for help. A nearby vessel responded and called for help. The state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded and transported the two to shore, where they were met by paramedics.
Thomas Swindal was taken to Fishermen's Hospital and later transferred to South Miami Hospital, where he died Thursday. An autopsy is planned.
The Sheriff's Office says never, ever bring aboard your boat "any object [you] suspect to be contraband." And, the agency says, "it certainly is never safe to ingest any substance if you do not know what the substance is or what the potency of the substance might be."
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: veggie]
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: BothHands]
#14844677 - 07/29/11 06:03 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Dang.
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: Doc_T]
#14844693 - 07/29/11 06:06 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Probably should've cut it.
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: CapSlinger]
#14844725 - 07/29/11 06:14 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
The Sheriff's Office says.., "it certainly is never safe to ingest any substance if you do not know what the substance is or what the potency of the substance might be."
If it were legal, this would never be an issue.
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Their vial of acid, which is on the table over there, tastes vile because they're incompetent chemists.
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: veggie]
#14844743 - 07/29/11 06:19 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Might've been meth?
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: Green_T]
#14844744 - 07/29/11 06:19 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Disagree.
Would you rip open a package and snort some unknown substance?
Of course not. You'd take it, test it, maybe recrystallize or otherwise purify it.
The fact that cocaine is scheduled doesn't mean this guy isn't an idiot.
Hell it could have been anything at all from BZP to XYZ. Could have been a DEA practice brick full of chalk.
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: Doc_T]
#14844773 - 07/29/11 06:25 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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My post made me look retarded. Excuse me.
Edited by flameclown (07/30/11 01:22 PM)
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: flameclown]
#14844799 - 07/29/11 06:31 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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The war on drugs hits, looks to me like now tactics are being deployed to scare those interested in drugs
If it were me, Id sell it to Santiago
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: Doc_T]
#14844841 - 07/29/11 06:39 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Personally, no, I wouldn't.
What I was trying to point out is that if drugs were legal, potency is less of an issue. Lots of people overdose on heroin because batches are inconsistent. Every bottle of liquor I buy has the % alcohol on it.
You should know the substance and know the source. This guy knew neither, so he was naturally taking a risk.
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: Green_T]
#14844855 - 07/29/11 06:43 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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People overdose on liquor all the time, what's your point?
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: Doc_T]
#14844874 - 07/29/11 06:47 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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An hour a a half later he started going nuts? After coke? No.
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: Doc_T]
#14844918 - 07/29/11 06:58 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Doc_T said:
People overdose on liquor all the time, what's your point?
More people would be overdosing if nobody knew how strong their liquor was.
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: plustax]
#14844973 - 07/29/11 07:10 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
plustax said:
An hour a a half later he started going nuts? After coke? No.
Maybe he snorted shroom powder
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: lacma50]
#14845057 - 07/29/11 07:28 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Wise Toad said:
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plustax said:
An hour a a half later he started going nuts? After coke? No.
Maybe he snorted shroom powder
ding ding ding 
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lacma50 said:
Might've been meth?
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: SummerDaisies] 1
#14845111 - 07/29/11 07:41 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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This is why you test the things you think might be drugs on pets, if they live, you're good to go.
...don't really do that, I love animals ...except cats, fuck cats.
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: thenpc]
#14845231 - 07/29/11 08:09 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Poor man, looking for an escape from this monotony. Well he got one, the ultimate one. R I P boater man.
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: thenpc]
#14845815 - 07/29/11 10:15 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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...don't really do that, I love animals ...except cats, fuck cats.
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: mexicanjewlucas]
#14845871 - 07/29/11 10:27 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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I cannot tell a lie.... If I fished up a brick of mysterious white powder, I'd eventually snort some. Its more of a Pavlovian response than anything, really. I'd taste it, know right off the bat if it was coke or not. Face goes numb, sniiiiifffffff! 
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Re: [FL] Boater finds brick of likely cocaine, snorts some, dies [Re: CapSlinger]
#14845877 - 07/29/11 10:28 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Sounds like a brick of Bath Salts   .......
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Probably should've cut it.
Yea, this....Dude probably chopped up a fat line up uncut coke.
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