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MattyBong
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$9M Ecstasy stash found near Canada-U.S. Border
#13370378 - 10/22/10 09:05 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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U.S. border agents seized more than $9 million worth of ecstasy after a hiker spotted some suspicious backpacks in the woods just south of a small B.C. border crossing on Monday.
Agent James Frackleton told CBC News his office got a call about "suspicious" backpacks stashed in the woods near the tiny Danville border crossing south of Grand Forks, B.C.
"These backpacks were stashed off a trail not far from a trailhead," said Frackleton. "We are assuming they were staging it for another party to pick it up."
When agents arrived, they found several backpacks and a hockey bag with over 130 kilograms of ecstasy — so many pills they could only estimate the number.
"It's huge," Frackleton said. "In fact, this [bust] would actually be the largest on the northern border."
It's impossible to tell where the ecstasy was manufactured, but it appears to be part of a sophisticated operation that probably passed the drugs through Canada on their way to the American market, said Frackleton.
No arrests have been made, but the investigation is ongoing, he said.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/10/21/bc-ecstacy-bust-grand-forks.html#ixzz136Hh0Un6
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Rebirtha
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Re: $9M Ecstasy stash found near Canada-U.S. Border [Re: MattyBong]
#13370564 - 10/22/10 09:55 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Damn I would have love to find that.
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redeyesmj
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Re: $9M Ecstasy stash found near Canada-U.S. Border [Re: Rebirtha]
#13370578 - 10/22/10 09:58 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Rebirtha said: Damn I would have love to find that.
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klondike_bar
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Re: $9M Ecstasy stash found near Canada-U.S. Border [Re: redeyesmj]
#13370691 - 10/22/10 10:34 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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not really a 9 million dollar value though, even on the street.
a kg of mdma (assuming this is pure, not pills, which are 2/3 binders in weight) is a street value of 7000-10,000$.
130kg would likely be less than a million in value, not 9mil
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Re: $9M Ecstasy stash found near Canada-U.S. Border [Re: klondike_bar]
#13371225 - 10/22/10 12:30 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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not to mention they definitely weighed the bags holding the pills and the bookbags themselves cuz thats how they do it...
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dressel11
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Re: $9M Ecstasy stash found near Canada-U.S. Border [Re: smaerd]
#13371310 - 10/22/10 12:53 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Damn, hopefully they were all pipes.
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Re: $9M Ecstasy stash found near Canada-U.S. Border [Re: klondike_bar]
#13371322 - 10/22/10 12:56 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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klondike_bar said: not really a 9 million dollar value though, even on the street.
a kg of mdma (assuming this is pure, not pills, which are 2/3 binders in weight) is a street value of 7000-10,000$.
130kg would likely be less than a million in value, not 9mil
Cops take into account that the big buyer will sell to smaller buyers, who may sell to more people etc etc all making money along the chain.
They basically count all potential money made on it.
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Re: $9M Ecstasy stash found near Canada-U.S. Border [Re: k4ge]
#13371771 - 10/22/10 02:43 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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YOU MORON HIKER!
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Re: $9M Ecstasy stash found near Canada-U.S. Border [Re: Liquid_Dimension]
#13372442 - 10/22/10 05:06 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Just one more reason to end prohibition.
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