21 tons of Coke

[Old Tiger]

Picked up by the government on a ship! That is nuts!

[crzyjournalist03]

It is the number one selling soft drink world-wide.
:)

[smustangs]

o god were is g2 can anyone account for him?

[Fotbol]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
It is the number one selling soft drink world-wide.
:)
I'd like to buy the world a coke.......

[mustang59]

Someone's going to be unhappy about this.

[crzyjournalist03]

Originally posted by mustang59
Someone's going to be unhappy about this.

like all the Dr. Pepper workers.

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
like all the Dr. Pepper workers. Wouldn't they be happy that a bunch of Coke is missing? :thinking:

[mustang59]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
like all the Dr. Pepper workers.
I was actually talking about some Columbian drug lord, but you may be right.

[Fotbol]

Originally posted by pirate4state
Wouldn't they be happy that a bunch of Coke is missing? :thinking: Not if it's the coke that smokes:cool:

[burnet44]

Originally posted by Fotbol
I'd like to buy the world a coke.......

..................................... and keep it company.


It's the real thing, Coke is what the world wants today.

[mustang04]

that is a sh*tload of coke....sry to use that word...but i had to in order to emphasize how much that is.....sheeeesh

[mustang59]

Wonder what the street value of that would be?

[Old Tiger]

Probably around a billion

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by burnet44
..................................... and keep it company.


It's the real thing, Coke is what the world wants today.

:twitch: I can't get that stupid song out of my head!! :mad: :crazy1:

[carter08]

noooooooooo

i'd already paid :(

[mustang59]

Originally posted by Tiger WR
Probably around a billion
The shipment was headed to Mexico so I guess it's the Mexican drug cartel that is going to be in a bad mood.

[burnet44]

I'd like to buy the world a home and furnish it with love,


Grow apple trees and honey bees, and snow white turtle doves.


I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony,


I'd like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company.


[Repeat the last two lines, and in the background:]


It's the real thing, Coke is what the world wants today.

http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/ccmp/komt1600_01t.gif

[mustang59]

Originally posted by carter08
noooooooooo

i'd already paid :(
I hope you kept your receipt or you'll never get a refund.

[carter08]

Originally posted by mustang59
I hope you kept your receipt or you'll never get a refund.

receipt?

what part of "never leave a paper trail" don't you understand

[JJ7997]

Originally posted by mustang59
The shipment was headed to Mexico so I guess it's the Mexican drug cartel that is going to be in a bad mood.

As if those groups dont need any more reasons to go around killing people. Way to go though, keep as much of that crap from getting into the states as possible, we need to kill the demand for that crap.

[mustang59]

Originally posted by carter08
receipt?

what part of "never leave a paper trail" don't you understand
OOPS, what was I thinking? Oh well, you know how honorable those guys are. They'll take your work for it.

[shankbear]

That's almost enough for the NFL, MLB and NBA.

[carter08]

Originally posted by mustang59
OOPS, what was I thinking? Oh well, you know how honorable those guys are. They'll take your work for it.

ummm

nah

i value life :)

[Fotbol]

Originally posted by JJ7997
As if those groups dont need any more reasons to go around killing people. Way to go though, keep as much of that crap from getting into the states as possible, we need to kill the demand for that crap. OUR Presdients of past used Coke, that's the reason for the White Wigs!

[Old Tiger]

Originally posted by shankbear
That's almost enough for the NFL, MLB and NBA. Nah dude MLB needs HGH

[CenTexSports]

Let's take the stuff to Bagdad and start handing it out on every corner. Pretty soon the militants will be more interested in getting coke than in blowing things up.

[Maroon87]

Originally posted by CenTexSports
Let's take the stuff to Bagdad and start handing it out on every corner. Pretty soon the militants will be more interested in getting coke than in blowing things up.

Maybe that's WHY they're blowing everything (including themselves) to bits.:thinking:

[Old Tiger]

U.S. unloads record bust of 20 tons of cocaine
Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:19PM EDT
By Adam Tanner

ALAMEDA, California (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard unloaded nearly 20 tons of cocaine with a retail street value of $600 million into a California port on Monday following what they called the largest drug bust ever at sea.

The armed Coast Guard cutter Sherman stopped the Panamanian cargo ship Gatun about 20 miles off a Panamanian island on March 17. On Monday dozens of Coast Guard officials under heavy armed protection hauled bales of tightly wrapped packs of cocaine onto a pier at the service's West Coast command center near Oakland, California.

"It was the largest bust in U.S. history. It's the largest interdiction on the ocean," Lt. Brock Eckel, one of the officers from the Sherman who discovered the illegal drugs, said in an interview. "It was very exciting, of course. Fifteen guys moved 20 tons of contraband in five hours, so it was very exhausting."

The find aboard the Gatun, which was heading from Panama to Mexico in the Pacific Ocean, came late at night following a tip from an intelligence source, officials said.

Coast Guard Petty Officer Keith Alholm estimated the U.S. street value of the record bust at $300 million wholesale, $600 million retail.

The cargo ship's 14 crew members were Panamanians and Mexicans, who acted nervously but were not armed and offered no resistance when stopped, Coast Guard officials present during the inspection said. The cargo ship also carried tiles and sand.

"If you try to fight with the U.S. Coast Guard, you come out on the losing end. It would be futile," said Charles DeMore, head of the San Francisco office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Panamanians were handed over to Panama while the Mexicans were taken into U.S. custody, Eckel said. The drugs would be transferred to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for eventual incineration.

The Coast Guard ship had experienced mechanical difficulties during its mission and was running so low on water that the crew had stopped showering by the time of the March 17 raid, officials said.

"At the end of the day there is nothing like a good drug bust to lift everyone's spirit," said the ship's captain, Charlie Diaz. "We were, of course, elated."

The Alameda, California-based crew also made two smaller drug interdictions during their 101-day patrol at sea, officials said.

[crzyjournalist03]

I wonder what exactly they do with all that cocaine once they've unloaded it from the boat?

[pirate4state]

They burn it. :eek:

[AP Panther Fan]

You would think that the Coast Guard Cutter would have been immediately taken off patrol once they made that bust on March 17th...why unload it on April 23rd?

Am I missing something here?:thinking:

[pirate4state]

My boss and I were just talking about that. There is alot of "red tape" that goes on with these kind of drug busts. :crazy:

[crzyjournalist03]

Aren't ships pretty slow too when they have that much cargo? It could have taken a few days to sail it to the California coast.

[smustangs]

Originally posted by Tiger WR
The drugs would be transferred to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for eventual incineration.


eventual incineration... haha that just strikes me as odd

[AP Panther Fan]

I wouldn't have gotten much sleep with that much cocaine onboard....

pun intended...:nerd:

[mustang04]

Rick James said it best.....

"...cocaine's... a helluva drug...."

haha