New record - 23.5 tons of cocaine seized

[Queasy]

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MEXICO CITY ? A cocaine shipment seized by Mexico last week could have been worth as much as $2.7 billion on U.S. streets and the Mexican government said on Monday it belonged to Mexico's most wanted man, drug lord Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman.

Police, navy and customs officers found the 23.5 tons of drugs hidden in a shipment of plastic floor-covering aboard a Hong Kong-flagged container ship at Mexico's Manzanillo port on the Pacific. The vessel came from Colombia and the drugs haul was the biggest ever seized by authorities, Mexico said.

"This is the world's biggest cocaine seizure ... and we believe it belonged to the Pacific cartel," Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora told reporters, referring to the drug gang that Guzman leads and that U.S. officials call the Sinaloa consortium.

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio Garza put the value of haul at $400 million. But the U.S. government said last month the average price of the drug on U.S. streets had risen to $118.70 per gram in the first six months of the year. That would give the Mexican haul an implied street value of some $2.7 billion.

The Sinaloa alliance of drug gangs on Mexico's western coast is considered the country's most powerful cartel. Guzman, who escaped from a maximum-security jail in a laundry van in 2001, has so far eluded massive army and police searches for him.

The 23.5-ton seizure doubles the Mexican record, set only last month when soldiers found more than 11 tons of cocaine at the port of Tampico on the Atlantic coast, home to Guzman's main rival, the Gulf Cartel.

Some 4,500 people have been killed in Mexico in the last two years, mainly due to a turf war between the Gulf and Sinaloa cartels.

Mexico has seized a record 48.4 tons of cocaine so far this year, worth at least $1.5 billion, the government said.

 

[Anubis]

beleive it or not we have more tunage of white powder then that in our warehouse lol

 

[meltdown75]

I always found it funny how they come up with the "values" of drug busts for news stories...

~$118/gram = $2.7 billion

Only thing is, it won't all be sold by the gram. Still, that's a hell of a lot of blow.

 

[nakedfrog]

In other news, apparently maximum security prisons in Mexico are pretty crappy.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
I always found it funny how they come up with the "values" of drug busts for news stories...

~$118/gram = $2.7 billion

Only thing is, it won't all be sold by the gram. Still, that's a hell of a lot of blow.

Not even to the end user?

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: meltdown75
I always found it funny how they come up with the "values" of drug busts for news stories...

~$118/gram = $2.7 billion

Only thing is, it won't all be sold by the gram. Still, that's a hell of a lot of blow.

Not even to the end user?

better be some good choch for that price.

 

[dennilfloss]

You'd have to snort this on a majorly big ass, like Rosie O'Donnell's!:shocked:

 

[compman25]

I'd be pissed if I fronted all that.......Hope they got paid before delivery.

 

[So]

He must have been planning one hell of a party.

 

[michaelsslave]

Originally posted by: Anubis
beleive it or not we have more tunage of white powder then that in our warehouse lol

where is said warehouse?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: michaelsslave

Originally posted by: Anubis
beleive it or not we have more tunage of white powder then that in our warehouse lol

where is said warehouse?

just because its a powder that is white does not mean its a drug, snorting it would be bad, and could prob kill you

 

[michaelsslave]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: michaelsslave

Originally posted by: Anubis
beleive it or not we have more tunage of white powder then that in our warehouse lol

where is said warehouse?

just because its a powder that is white does not mean its a drug, snorting it would be bad, and could prob kill you

well drinking water can kill you also

 

[Josh]

$118 a gram?!? That is crazy.

But anyway, who the hell picks this up from the port once it hits the US? Meaning, how do you transport 23 tons through land...must need a lot of trucks/hidden compartments/etc...and it seems odd that this major drug lord would be almost stupid enough to put 23 tons on ONE shipment. Don't you think he'd spread it out a little bit? You know a ton here a ton there...

 

[Aharami]

so how long till the cartels steal their cocaine back from the govt?

 

[Anubis]

what does the Govt do with all this coke after they seize it? its not like they can burn it like they do weed

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: michaelsslave

Originally posted by: Anubis
beleive it or not we have more tunage of white powder then that in our warehouse lol

where is said warehouse?

just because its a powder that is white does not mean its a drug, snorting it would be bad, and could prob kill you

b/c snorting cocaine sure as shit can't kill you

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Anubis
what does the Govt do with all this coke after they seize it? its not like they can burn it like they do weed

NIH research supply. there are plenty of federally funded Investigators that use controlled substances in their work. I imagine this might go into the supply....

Although, unless purity can be certified I doubt it. those PIs are stickler for quality.

 

[dennilfloss]

Well, GWB needs something to do when he's retired next year. Maybe he'll retake the habit.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
I always found it funny how they come up with the "values" of drug busts for news stories...

~$118/gram = $2.7 billion

Only thing is, it won't all be sold by the gram. Still, that's a hell of a lot of blow.

Well, they said street value so: Yes, it will be sold by the gram at 118 bucks (on average).
It will be sold by the kilo at a much better rate. But only Sam Kinison did kilos and he's dead.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: meltdown75
I always found it funny how they come up with the "values" of drug busts for news stories...

~$118/gram = $2.7 billion

Only thing is, it won't all be sold by the gram. Still, that's a hell of a lot of blow.

Well, they said street value so: Yes, it will be sold by the gram at 118 bucks (on average).
It will be sold by the kilo at a much better rate. But only Sam Kinison did kilos and he's dead.

It'll certainly sold by the kilogram at a discounted rate, but then it'll be cut down, probably mixed, and sold per gram as well.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: michaelsslave

Originally posted by: Anubis
beleive it or not we have more tunage of white powder then that in our warehouse lol

where is said warehouse?

just because its a powder that is white does not mean its a drug, snorting it would be bad, and could prob kill you

Anubis works in an anthrax factory.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Anubis works in an anthrax factory.

My guess is Sodium Cyanide or Potassium Cyanide.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: michaelsslave

Originally posted by: Anubis
beleive it or not we have more tunage of white powder then that in our warehouse lol

where is said warehouse?

just because its a powder that is white does not mean its a drug, snorting it would be bad, and could prob kill you

Anubis works in an anthrax factory.

well the 'could probably kill' wouldn't exactly apply if it were anthrax.

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Anubis works in an anthrax factory.

My guess is Sodium Cyanide or Potassium Cyanide.

what about any basic kind of salt? not just NaCl, or any xCl-type salt? that much tonnage would make sense if it were a salt/mineral.

 

[dougp]

Obligatory ...

Is this considered bulk, and does it come in alternator size?

sorry, had to!

 

[sash1]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: meltdown75
I always found it funny how they come up with the "values" of drug busts for news stories...

~$118/gram = $2.7 billion

Only thing is, it won't all be sold by the gram. Still, that's a hell of a lot of blow.

Not even to the end user?

better be some good choch for that price.

yeah seriously. blow is typically $50/g everywhere you go.


..not that i'd know or anything