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 U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine 
#3188052 - 09/27/04 07:19 PM (19 years, 8 days ago) |
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040927/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cocaine_seizure
WASHINGTON - The Coast Guard and Navy seized 30,000 pounds of cocaine from a boat off South America's Pacific coast this month in what authorities called the largest-ever seizure of the drug at sea.
On Sept. 17, the USS Curts, a Navy frigate based in San Diego, intercepted the Lina Maria, a fishing boat, about 300 miles west of the Galapagos Islands (news - web sites). A Coast Guard team boarded the boat and found 30,000 pounds of cocaine hidden in a sealed ballast tank.
Ten people were detained. They were charged Monday by federal authorities in Tampa, Fla. The crew of the boat, who were Colombian, claimed the boat had a Cambodian flag, but the government of Cambodia denied that, so the boat was treated as having no nationality, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said.
A second seizure was made Friday in the same area. The frigate USS Crommelin, based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, stopped the fishing boat San Jose, and a Coast Guard team found 26,000 pounds of cocaine hidden under fish and ice in the vessel's cargo hold. The boat had a Belizean flag and a Colombian crew, officials said.
The two boats were believed to have come from Colombia. Officials believe they were headed for the U.S. West Coast, said Navy Lt. Ligia Cohen, a spokeswoman for U.S. Southern Command.
In the last year, the Coast Guard has seized a record 240,518 pounds of cocaine, worth about $7.7 billion, officials said. Much of that is in the Caribbean, but authorities say there is also a thriving drug trade on the Pacific coast of the Americas.
The Navy provides warships to assist in counternarcotics operations, but military personnel are not allowed to arrest suspected drug smugglers because they are not law enforcement officers. Coast Guard teams instead make the actual arrests.
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Locus]
#3188307 - 09/27/04 08:12 PM (19 years, 8 days ago) |
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Tony Montana is Reallllly Pissseddd Offf Right Now!!!!...lol...Good Job Coast Guard!! 
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Locus]
#3191523 - 09/28/04 01:06 PM (19 years, 8 days ago) |
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I saw a show on how the military is cracking down on these boat transporters.
Apparently the coast guard is now dedicating a lot of money/time into the war on drugs.
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Locus]
#3192706 - 09/28/04 06:17 PM (19 years, 7 days ago) |
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I don't mind them busting shit like coke or heroin, just leave mushrooms alone.
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Worf]
#3194686 - 09/29/04 06:54 AM (19 years, 7 days ago) |
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Quote:
outputrotation said:
I don't mind them busting shit like coke or heroin, just leave mushrooms alone.
They don't see it that way. Coke and Heroin and Mushrooms are all illegal and in the same schedule. They wont just turn their back.
The reason they arent busting huge mushroom shipments is because they are easy to grow in large quantities in secret (unlike growing a farm of cocoa or opium poopies/pods)
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: blink]
#3197710 - 09/29/04 09:36 PM (19 years, 6 days ago) |
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blinkidiot said:
They don't see it that way. Coke and Heroin and Mushrooms are all illegal and in the same schedule. They wont just turn their back.
Actually cocaine is schedule II. Shrooms and heroin are schedule I.
I'll never understand how shrooms are worse than coke.
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Locus]
#3203083 - 10/01/04 05:48 AM (19 years, 5 days ago) |
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Yay for the Feds!
1..The Farmers got paid
2..The Drug Cartel did not
3..The shite stayed off the streets
4..The Taxpayer got his money's worth
5..The Coast Guards got a strong tale
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Ekstaza]
#3204500 - 10/01/04 04:21 PM (19 years, 4 days ago) |
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Ekstaza said:
I'll never understand how shrooms are worse than coke.
The peace movement is an extremely dangerous culture to the government. They are most concerned with the drugs that that culture uses.
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Locus]
#3204953 - 10/01/04 07:10 PM (19 years, 4 days ago) |
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that sucks, They can never stop the drug trade unless they legalize it and the goverments make money from it. America is the biggest market for "illegal" drugs, thats sure a hell of alot of coke though!
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Locus]
#3218266 - 10/05/04 12:57 PM (19 years, 1 day ago) |
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the goverment dose make money they turn around and seel it and make all that money to keep the war on drugs going . I have no proff of this but im shur this is what goes on how could it not .
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: KreeprCeepr]
#3218390 - 10/05/04 01:32 PM (19 years, 1 day ago) |
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HOLY SHIT
betcha there are a lot of geeked out coaste gaurdsmen about now.
party at the coast gaurd evidence warehouse w00t
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: gdman]
#3249048 - 10/12/04 08:18 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Well gee, largest bust yet? Can't wait till they make a 100,000 pound seizure! It doesn't matter how much they seize, there is enough that will get through, plants can be replanted, or maybe they'll divide that 100,000 into 10 10,000 pound boats, and maybe the guard will only get 3 next time. Oh well, at least the coast guard can arrest and seize ship 300 miles away from US shores.
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Ekstaza]
#3256829 - 10/20/04 03:40 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Scheduling is based on how often it is used in medicine.
Cocaine is still used. Heroin and mushrooms arent.
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Kevin]
#3257206 - 10/20/04 04:57 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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what is it used for?
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Locus]
#3257406 - 10/20/04 05:34 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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anesthetic
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: gdman]
#3257818 - 10/20/04 07:00 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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geez, i had no idea it was used as an anesthetic legally. do they only use it in rare situations, or for what medical procedures?
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Locus]
#3260916 - 10/21/04 03:38 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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It is used in dentistry to numb the mouth. They probably don't use it too often.
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: kindadank]
#3261031 - 10/21/04 04:03 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Oh ok, strange, I've never heard of that before.
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Re: U.S. Seizes 30,000 Pounds of Cocaine [Re: Locus]
#3273269 - 10/24/04 09:37 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Its used as a local anesthetic. I know a girl who works as a pharm- tek at a large hospital in my area, and she says they have it in their pharmacy- under lock and key. I'll have to ask the crack dealers down my street if this big bust is really gonna affect their biz. 
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