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ICE makes biggest cocaine bust in 25 years: $77M seized at New Jersey port

by Anna Giaritelli

March 11, 2019 09:18 PM


Federal law enforcement officers assigned to the Port of New York and New Jersey in Newark, N.J., made the largest discovery of cocaine in nearly 25 years last month when they found $77 million worth of cocaine inside a shipment container that had just arrived from overseas.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday that approximately 3,200 pounds of cocaine was found in the large container on Feb. 28.

“This is a significant seizure, in fact it is the largest cocaine seizure at the Port of New York/Newark since May 1994,” Troy Miller, director for Customs and Border Protection's New York Field Operations, said in a statement.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ice-makes-biggest-cocaine-bust-in-25-years-77m-seized-at-new-jersey-port
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Well, someone is dead, or will be. Bad business decision.
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Whatever.   Since they're going to destroy the half or so that doesn't "disappear", it's not really worth $77M.
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Whatever.   Since they're going to destroy the half or so that doesn't "disappear", it's not really worth $77M.
Likely street pricing (1 kilo=1000 grams (uncut)=$100,000.00, +/- at $100/gram), not wholesale, anyway.
77 million=1694 pounds of powder....
I have little doubt a bunch will get 'misplaced'....

« Last Edit: March 12, 2019, 09:07:13 am by Smokin Joe »
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Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C S Lewis