World of War-on-Drugscraft?
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Posted on: 2011-01-26 17:42 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
a friggin catapult?!?!?! Yeah someone was hopped up on something to come up with that idea!
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I would be willing to bet money that they have used it successfully in the past is the funny part IMO.
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Originally Posted by Sevenpenny
a friggin catapult?!?!?! Yeah someone was hopped up on something to come up with that idea!
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Considering that drug smugglers have used pretty much every type of machine capable of carrying drugs up to and including unmanned long-ranged submarines the idea that they'd try catapults doesn't really surprise me all that much. I'll bet at some point they'll even try to use short or intermediate ranged ballistic missiles to toss drugs over the border and we'll overreact by nuking Mexico in response. |
Originally Posted by QuiJon
I would be willing to bet money that they have used it successfully in the past is the funny part IMO.
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I thought that was pretty inventive of them, myself.
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From U.S. Customs & Border Protection: (the surveillance video is almost as hilarious as the stills of the National Guardsmen trying it out after the arrests)
Cooperation w/ Natl Guard and Mexico Results in Seizure of Catapult and Marijuana
Tucson, AZ: Border Patrol agents and members od the Natl Guard coordinated w/ the mexican authorities to prevent a drug smuggling attempt Friday evening near Naco, AZ. Mexican officials responded and seized approx 45 pounds of marijuana, a sport utility vehicle, and a catapult capable of launching contraband into the U.S.
As part of the Sept 8th deployment of 504 Natl Guard personnel to the Tucson Sector, Natl Guard Troops assigned to operate the remote video surveillance system at the Naco Border Patrol Station observed several individuals just south of the Intl Boundary Fence preparing a catapult. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Intl Liaison Unit contacted Mexican authorties who responded to the area and disrupted the catapult operation. Camera operators observed individuals fleeing the area, presumably to avoid apprehension.