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Offline Elderberry

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Prison guards find $17 million of cocaine in box of donated fruit
« on: September 21, 2018, 09:47:10 pm »
Houston Chronicle by Keri Blakinger 9/21/2018

It was a fruitful morning for a pair of prison guards who uncovered some monkey business when they spotted $17.8 million of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of bananas donated to the Texas prison system.

Two sergeants at the Scott Unit set out on Friday morning to pick up two pallets of already-ripe fruit - 45 banana-filled boxes - from the Ports of America in Freeport.

When they arrived to grab up their load, they found one of the boxes felt different from the rest.

More: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Prison-guards-find-17-million-of-cocaine-in-box-13248211.php
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Re: Prison guards find $17 million of cocaine in box of donated fruit
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2018, 10:36:30 pm »
I heard about this on they way home, on the radio. How crazy!
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