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veggie

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Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead
#5548247 - 04/23/06 05:30 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Maldives fishermen in drugs haul April 23, 2006 - BBC
A group of fishermen in The Maldives got more than they bargained for when they reeled in the country's largest ever drugs haul, local media reports.
The lobster catchers found 1,697 plastic bags packed with cannabis in a lagoon, Haveeru news agency reported.
The drugs on the ocean floor weighed in at over 1.6 tons in total.
Police are investigating the incident. Drug smuggling in the island paradise is punishable by death, although no-one has ever been executed for the crime.
According to the Haveeru Daily newspaper the scale of the drugs haul has caused tension among local people who are insisting that police must destroy it in a transparent manner.
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eris
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: veggie]
#5548328 - 04/23/06 05:53 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Holy crap!
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Banez
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: eris]
#5548440 - 04/23/06 06:16 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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shit eris.. when did u become a moderator??... and yeah holy shit.. thats a lot of drugs
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eris
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: Banez]
#5548474 - 04/23/06 06:24 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Just a week ago, one of the other guys quit because he was busy with some other things in life.
But on topic: I wonder if the fishermen pocketed any of that.  With that much, it seems like they could easily have took a bunch for their own private stashes.
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YANG
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: eris]
#5549309 - 04/23/06 09:31 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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"Drug smuggling in the island paradise is punishable by death" -Crazy!!!!
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: YANG]
#5550268 - 04/24/06 06:07 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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> "Drug smuggling in the island paradise is punishable by death"
Yet another example of the peaceful nature of Islam.
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I_was_the_walrus
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: Seuss]
#5551175 - 04/24/06 01:54 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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No worse than 3 life sentences for LSD production...
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: Banez]
#5555561 - 04/25/06 05:14 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
OHSBrave06 said: holy shit.. thats a lot of drugs
not really. Thats about what a large city consumes in a single day.
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DrAbominable
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: I_was_the_walrus]
#5561152 - 04/26/06 11:52 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I_was_the_walrus said: No worse than 3 life sentences for LSD production...
Life for death?
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EquilibriuM
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: DrAbominable]
#5561196 - 04/27/06 12:03 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
DrAbominable said:
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I_was_the_walrus said: No worse than 3 life sentences for LSD production...
Life for death?
Life in a shit hole trapped like a zoo animal or freedom by death? I would easily choose freedom by death.
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: DoctorJ]
#5563746 - 04/27/06 05:05 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
DoctorJ said:
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OHSBrave06 said: holy shit.. thats a lot of drugs
not really. Thats about what a large city consumes in a single day.
1.6 tons * 2 = 3200lbs * 454 grams = 1452800grams
You think a big city consumes this much pot per day?
I swear most smokers don't smoke more than 1/2 gram per day. Also, the biggest city in the USA is 12,000,000 people? (Los angeles?)
Anyways, i don't think a big city consumes 1.6 tons of pot per day. Booya!
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DrAbominable
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: EquilibriuM]
#5563953 - 04/27/06 06:12 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
EquilibriuM said:
Quote:
DrAbominable said:
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I_was_the_walrus said: No worse than 3 life sentences for LSD production...
Life for death?
Life in a shit hole trapped like a zoo animal or freedom by death? I would easily choose freedom by death.
I see your point, and it makes sence, but fuck, what a choice. This is the wrold we live in!
Peace
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: DrAbominable]
#5564618 - 04/27/06 09:13 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Always carry a suicide capsule with you just in case
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Re: Looking for lobster... found 1.6 tons pot instead [Re: veggie]
#5564719 - 04/27/06 09:40 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Boy, talk about serendipity. And they turned it in too.
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