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Blues Heron

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11. The drug lord price protection service strikes again!

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2019, 06:08 PM

Mar 2019

The drug lords thank the coast guard for keeping their prices (and profits) high. Might even give them a share as thanks!

What an endless insane racket this all is.

global annual production is around 2,000,000 lbs, so they definitely have a ways to go in the interception department.

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Whopping $360M worth of cocaine seized by Coast Guard in Eastern Pacific [View all] Miigwech Mar 2019 OP

Welp. Socal31 Mar 2019 #1

Too bad we didn't have a wall out there in the middle of the ocean. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #2

sure would have helped riversedge Mar 2019 #9

PROOF THAT WE NEED THE WALL !!!!!!! groundloop Mar 2019 #3

French Connection part III? Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #4

Wally Wally Wally! truthisfreedom Mar 2019 #5

FLoating Wall????? Cryptoad Mar 2019 #6

You beat me to it Catch2.2 Mar 2019 #10

High Seize Adventure! Ford_Prefect Mar 2019 #7

Note to TRUMP--the drugs did NOT come across the southern border. riversedge Mar 2019 #8

The drug lord price protection service strikes again! Blues Heron Mar 2019 #11

See, Trump was right. Cold War Spook Mar 2019 #12

I thought Starbucks put the cocaine Mr.Bill Mar 2019 #13

Good Heavens!! We need to build a wall all the way around the USA!! Stonepounder Mar 2019 #14

I may be geographically impared, but Miami Beach is no where near the Eastern Pacific? mackdaddy Mar 2019 #15

It says the Coast Guard offloaded the coke in Miami Beach after it was seized... GReedDiamond Mar 2019 #16

Or it was sailed around the Cape of Good Hope. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2019 #17

Certainly a map error Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #18