I didn't realize border agents were allowed to sample the cocaine they seized : )
"The border agency says in a release the operation began on March 4 when U.S. Homeland Security flagged the possibility of contraband inside a marine shipping container originating in California and destined for Europe. Two days later, the shipping container was examined at the Port of Halifax, leading to the seizure of 1,556 kilograms of the substance believed to be cocaine."
"Popik says the drugs weren't destined for Halifax but rather were on their way to Europe on a ship that was loaded in Los Angeles and travelled through the Panama Canal. He says the drugs were packaged in kilogram blocks and disguised as a shipment of recycled plastic."
They published that street value was $194 million. That math is tough to sort out. $125 k per kg? No chance. Only possible way to reach that number is to extrapolate out down to each and every gram from those 1.5 tons being sold separately “on the street”. But I guess $194,000,000 looks good in the “news”.
ReplyDelete1.5 tons is a sh*t load.
DeletePrices for a kilo nearly reached 90k in Montreal during the lockdown. These drugs were supposedly heading to Europe so its very possible each kilo cost upwards of a 120k.
DeleteThat's a lot of blow, reminds me of the lyrics to that Duran Duran song "White lines"
ReplyDeleteNo way was this loaded in LA to go to Europe. The cards don't line up, blow smuggled into the USA stays or goes north to Canada, not to Europe.
ReplyDelete🤣🤣🤣
DeleteNot true at all. Tonnes of coke makes its way to the US to be shipped internationally or to Canada where it heads internationally. Recent years have seen an uptick in Canada->Europe shipments.
DeleteThe american boarder is so porous that it makes sense to ship it to Canada and then overseas. Europe would not naturally think Canada a a major cocaine exporter. That is how messed up our Western boarders are.
ReplyDeleteHoly MF. Thats a mother load! Now imagine all the stuff that isn’t caught. Do the dealers even care? There’s so much out there!
ReplyDeleteCare? Sure they do. But...
ReplyDeleteThe universally acknowledged figure is that they only intercept 10%. Do you see a shortage anywhere? No you do not.