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Mexicos Largest Pot Bust? 105 Tons

By Disillusioned,  Newser User

Posted Oct 19, 2010 4:59 AM CDT

(User Submitted) – In one of the largest drug busts in recent Mexican history, authorities say. The pot was hidden inside cargo containers stored in a warehouse in an industrial area of Tijuana 105 Tons of pot has been confiscated. About 10,000 packages of marijuana were hidden inside six cargo containers stored in a warehouse in an industrial area of the border city of Tijuana. The marijuana was discovered after police on routine patrol intercepted a convoy of vehicles escorting a tractor-trailer that had left the warehouse. After a shootout, 11 people were arrested. Police and soldiers, acting on information from the suspects, raided the warehouse and two homes near the coast, where smaller amounts of marijuana were found. The drugs were destined for the United States.

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kokuaguy
Oct 19, 2010 12:49 PM CDT
I'm happy about the timing of this bust. This tells me that the legalization of pot growing for personal use in CA can't help but put a crimp in the marijuana "industry" south of the border. Regardless of Attorney General Holder's recent statement, DOJ will continue to concentrate on deporting illegals and trying the Gitmo terrorists, and leave CA pot smokers alone. Come on Golden State voters. Do the bold thing and vote for the beginning of the end of this insane "War on Drugs." Human beings have been medicating themselves for thousands of years. Why should the rich become even richer peddling alcohol and tobacco to us, when a harmless, effective home remedy is available almost for free to everyone?
summerfairy
Oct 19, 2010 11:12 AM CDT
the Newser regulars be crying over that.
 

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