105-tonne marijuana haul

classicman · 10-19-2010, 12:52 PM

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Mexican soldiers seized 105 tonnes of marijuana with a U.S. street value of more than $340 million on Monday in Mexico's biggest-ever pot haul, the army said.

Heavily armed soldiers raided a series of homes in a poor suburb of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, California, and came under fire at least once as they took the drugs, also arresting 11 suspected traffickers.

Troops found the narcotics wrapped in 10,000 brown and silver packages in houses and a parked truck. The marijuana was brought together from across Mexico over several months and bound for the United States.

"The seizure of these drugs is without precedent in the country," General Alfonso Duarte told reporters at a military base in Tijuana, adding that the drug was worth 4.2 billion pesos ($344 million).

Exactly how much is that anyway?

zippyt · 10-19-2010, 01:44 PM

105 tonne = 231 485.375 29 lb,lbs

1 tonne = 2 204.622 621 8 lb,lbs

Dats a Lotta Weed !!!!

HungLikeJesus · 10-19-2010, 01:48 PM

Isn't it usually sold in some other unit?

footfootfoot · 10-19-2010, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Isn't it usually sold in some other unit?

lids.

footfootfoot · 10-19-2010, 01:57 PM

105 tonne = 231 485.375 29 lb,lbs/304,000,000= $1468.78/pound

or about $92. an ounce. It's the 1980s all over again!

TheMercenary · 10-19-2010, 08:16 PM

Tell them to send it to my house I will make sure it never makes it to the street.

classicman · 10-19-2010, 08:30 PM

Perhaps we can sell it and put the proceeds toward the deficit.

tw · 10-19-2010, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Perhaps we can sell it and put the proceeds toward the deficit.

If these 'massive' busts were significant, then the street price would go up. Prices don't change. 100 tons is near zero marijuana. They make a big deal about this to maintain political lies.

Every Federal Officer I knew that was involved in this stuff would mention how ridiculous the entire enforcement thing was.

For example, profits from smuggling were so great that they buy $200,000+ speed boats. Unload the drugs in estuaries. Then burn the boat. A new boat with each delivery is cheaper than risking the same boat on two runs.

Another once joked, "We bust them by day, and smoke with them at night." Only those who 'know' using emotion would advocate marijuana restrictions.

Gravdigr · 10-20-2010, 02:50 AM

I find myself experiencing two distinct emotions about this story:

&

Gravdigr · 10-20-2010, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

lids.

Lids? Not since I was five.

footfootfoot · 10-20-2010, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Lids? Not since I was five.

Wasn't sure if anyone here would remember back that far!

classicman · 10-20-2010, 10:54 AM

I lol'd at it foot3.

Spexxvet · 10-20-2010, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

105 tonne = 231 485.375 29 lb,lbs/304,000,000= $1468.78/pound

or about $92. an ounce. It's the 1980s all over again!

That's wholesale.

I remember when it $15/ounce. Yes, I'm that old.

Gravdigr · 10-20-2010, 06:00 PM

Goddamn, you're old.

zippyt · 10-20-2010, 10:44 PM

Spex , that was those Pencil shavings you bought that time Dude !!

10-19-2010, 01:44 PM	#2
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	105 tonne = 231 485.375 29 lb,lbs 1 tonne = 2 204.622 621 8 lb,lbs Dats a Lotta Weed !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-19-2010, 01:48 PM	#3
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Isn't it usually sold in some other unit? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-19-2010, 01:57 PM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	105 tonne = 231 485.375 29 lb,lbs/304,000,000= $1468.78/pound or about $92. an ounce. It's the 1980s all over again! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-19-2010, 08:16 PM	#6
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Tell them to send it to my house I will make sure it never makes it to the street. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-19-2010, 08:30 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Perhaps we can sell it and put the proceeds toward the deficit. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-20-2010, 02:50 AM	#9
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10-20-2010, 10:54 AM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I lol'd at it foot3. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-20-2010, 06:00 PM	#14
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10-20-2010, 10:44 PM	#15
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Spex , that was those Pencil shavings you bought that time Dude !! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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