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OfflineSandoz
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Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River
    #18732161 - 08/20/13 12:52 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)



A Canadian scuba diver on a late night swim got tangled up in a weedy mess: he was busted smuggling 8 pounds of marijuana into the United States in St. Clair River, Border Patrol announced today.

And the pot, which carried a street value of about $40,000, stayed dry.

The incident happened around 1 a.m. Monday when U.S. border agents were notified by the Saint Clair County Central Dispatch about a person swimming across the St. Clair River near Marine City. Dispatch had received a call from a citizen who spotted the swimmer.

Remote video surveillance cameras helped confirm the tip. A camera operator on Selfridge Air National Guard Base relayed to agents on the ground that the swimmer appeared to be towing a “dry bag” used by divers.

When the man in the scuba suit got out of the water near Marine City, Border Patrol agents arrested him. Then, they located a large, watertight PVC cylinder holding more than eight pounds of marijuana tied to a seawall ladder.

The swimmer has not yet been identified.

Authorities said he and the drugs were turned over to the St. Clair County Drug Task Force, which will prosecute the case.
http://www.freep.com/article/20130820/NEWS06/308200107/marijuana-scuba-diver


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Sandoz]
    #18732176 - 08/20/13 12:54 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

What an idiot. Really, swimming across with a giant PVC pipe? Yeah, that won't attract attention or anything. :rofl:


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Sandoz]
    #18732215 - 08/20/13 01:02 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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Uzziel said:
What an idiot. Really, swimming across with a giant PVC pipe? Yeah, that won't attract attention or anything. :rofl:



Hey, he's more clever than Mexicans with brick weed in burlap sacks, at least.
I mean, there's been a lot of ingenious Mexican pot smugglers, but most of them just leg it and hope they luck out.
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And the pot, which carried a street value of about $40,000, stayed dry.





5k/pound?

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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Synthe]
    #18732247 - 08/20/13 01:10 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

street value as in 10 bucks a gram = about $36 000, they rounded up

they like that term "street value", they assume its going to be sold on the street by low level dealers instead of smoked by they guy buying by the pound

which may be a fair assumption in lots of cases


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: hidenseek1]
    #18732280 - 08/20/13 01:20 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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hidenseek1 said:
street value as in 10 bucks a gram = about $36 000, they rounded up

they like that term "street value", they assume its going to be sold on the street by low level dealers instead of smoked by they guy buying by the pound

which may be a fair assumption in lots of cases



Yeah but it will change hands several times. They make it sound like you would trade 8 pounds for $40,000 on the spot, when really, it would be more like 10-25k.


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Synthe]
    #18732436 - 08/20/13 01:54 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

So... he was snorkeling? Or just swimming? I don't see any SCUBA involved... Otherwise he probably would have gotten away being underwater. :rofl2:


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Hashfinger] * 1
    #18732452 - 08/20/13 01:56 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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Dispatch had received a call from a citizen who spotted the swimmer.




People need to mind their own mother fucking business. Shoot me.


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River *DELETED* [Re: Talib]
    #18732501 - 08/20/13 02:06 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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OfflineHashfinger
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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Sillyputty67]
    #18732554 - 08/20/13 02:17 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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Lol, he should have actually dove under. You know full scuba gear. If he had been underwater the whole time there would have been no issue.



Other than navigation... He doesn't appear to be a master diver or anything. He'd need a high powered light unless he was well-versed in night-diving.


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Hashfinger]
    #18732583 - 08/20/13 02:23 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

A rebreather like a freaking seal is the way to do that.


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Synthe]
    #18732613 - 08/20/13 02:31 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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Synthe said:
Quote:

hidenseek1 said:
street value as in 10 bucks a gram = about $36 000, they rounded up

they like that term "street value", they assume its going to be sold on the street by low level dealers instead of smoked by they guy buying by the pound

which may be a fair assumption in lots of cases



Yeah but it will change hands several times. They make it sound like you would trade 8 pounds for $40,000 on the spot, when really, it would be more like 10-25k.



yeah, because of buying in bulk and whatnot. No ones sells large quantities at 10 bucks a gram :lol:

DEA just trying to sound impressive


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #18732635 - 08/20/13 02:39 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

Man Im scared of large bodies of water, and swimming a river at night? F That.


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #18732647 - 08/20/13 02:43 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

street value though

of course you dont sell pounds by the gram, but it changes hands

and ends up on the street that way

i dont agree with alot of dea shit, but putting a street value on drugs dosnt sound like a scare tactic to me, it sounds like logic

imo: people buying for personal buy an ounce maybe a qp tops

what do qp go for these days, i havnt smoked weed in a while, like 400-600?

so that puts the street value at minimum imo 12 800- 19 200 for qp

or by ounce at $200 , $25 000

which i guess lines up with synths estimate

but still, they state street value, just because you have better connects then them, dosnt make them wrong


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: hidenseek1]
    #18732802 - 08/20/13 03:10 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

It's not a scare tactic it's a journalistic tactic what sounds better in the news? 10k or 40k found? It's simple news marketing.


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Durin]
    #18732936 - 08/20/13 03:40 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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Durin said:
It's not a scare tactic it's a journalistic tactic what sounds better in the news? 10k or 40k found? It's simple news marketing.



exactly. thats what i meant earlier.


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: hidenseek1]
    #18733071 - 08/20/13 04:16 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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hidenseek1 said:
street value though

of course you dont sell pounds by the gram, but it changes hands

and ends up on the street that way

i dont agree with alot of dea shit, but putting a street value on drugs dosnt sound like a scare tactic to me, it sounds like logic

imo: people buying for personal buy an ounce maybe a qp tops

what do qp go for these days, i havnt smoked weed in a while, like 400-600?

so that puts the street value at minimum imo 12 800- 19 200 for qp

or by ounce at $200 , $25 000

which i guess lines up with synths estimate

but still, they state street value, just because you have better connects then them, dosnt make them wrong





Bullshit. That figure is still off, even if someone bought the entire 8 pounds at $10/g all the way up. Street value estimates are usually 3-4 times the actual value of the drugs in question.


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Heffy]
    #18733107 - 08/20/13 04:28 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

Lol this is right by me


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Heffy]
    #18733150 - 08/20/13 04:40 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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Heffy said:
Quote:

hidenseek1 said:
street value though

of course you dont sell pounds by the gram, but it changes hands

and ends up on the street that way

i dont agree with alot of dea shit, but putting a street value on drugs dosnt sound like a scare tactic to me, it sounds like logic

imo: people buying for personal buy an ounce maybe a qp tops

what do qp go for these days, i havnt smoked weed in a while, like 400-600?

so that puts the street value at minimum imo 12 800- 19 200 for qp

or by ounce at $200 , $25 000

which i guess lines up with synths estimate

but still, they state street value, just because you have better connects then them, dosnt make them wrong





Bullshit. That figure is still off, even if someone bought the entire 8 pounds at $10/g all the way up. Street value estimates are usually 3-4 times the actual value of the drugs in question.



He gives you actual math based on a popular amount to buy, and a good estimate. And all you have to say is some bullshit figure you made up: that all drug value estimates on the news are 4 times what the actual price is?

You're a joke.


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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River *DELETED* [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #18733175 - 08/20/13 04:46 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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Re: Scuba diver tries to sneak 8 pounds of marijuana into U.S. via St. Clair River [Re: Sillyputty67]
    #18733186 - 08/20/13 04:47 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

do you think he would sell 8 pounds by the gram?


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