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[–] AllonzeeLV 20 points 1 year ago

What a waste.

[–] cerberus 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't trust me? Fine, then weigh it. See? The scale says 3 tons, just like I said.

[–] t0m5k1 2 points 1 year ago

The scales read 1 kilo, just like he said.

[–] FireTower 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

For the lazy: It was Dutch customs who found €600 mil or $660 mil worth of coke among a shipment of bananas from Ecuador.

[–] rjc 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TIL 8ton of coke is only worth $660

[–] shortgiraffe 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the power of buying in bulk my friend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The true benefits of a Costco membership.

[–] Trippin 12 points 1 year ago

At least quote it correctly. It's €600 million or $660 million

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

$660mm, not k.

[–] epsilonneighbor 2 points 1 year ago

“lazy” here; thank you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Dutch authorities have seized around 8,000 kilograms (8 tons) of cocaine in Rotterdam, prosecutors announced on Thursday.

"On July 13, customs carried out the largest ever drug seizure in the port of Rotterdam," prosecutors said.

"Once again we have succeeded... in dealing a serious blow to the port's drug traffickers," Rotterdam Customs Director Peter van Buijtenen said.

Dutch customs said that such large loads of cocaine are becoming rarer, with most recent hauls being substantially smaller than that reported on Thursday.

The Netherlands, Belgium and Spain are the top three European countries for illegal cocaine imports.

Thursday's announcement comes a day after Fernando Villavicencio, a leading presidential candidate in Ecuador, was shot dead at a campaign rally.


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[–] t0m5k1 2 points 1 year ago

All of a sudden I have an itchy nose!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cocaine production is at an all time high and pricea are on the floor. Meanwhile drug cartels continue to murder and torture at will. 2 days ago a candidate for president in Ecuador was assassinated by members of a cartel. So tell me again how we are winning the war on drugs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Cocaine users: funding crime wars, killings, shootings, and much more suffering.

[–] CheeseNoodle 9 points 1 year ago

I mean I can also say the same about people who buy certain brands of bannana, hell there's an ice-cream brand owned by literal neo-nazis at my local convenience store.

[–] n00b001 5 points 1 year ago

Government mandated prohibition:

  • funding crime wars
  • killings
  • shootings
  • and much more suffering
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That would be the case for basically anything on the black market and pretty much ever drug.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not true. The rise in popularity specifically for cocaine in The Netherlands has brought a big influx of murder, explosions and other intimidation.

[–] feedum_sneedson -3 points 1 year ago

People need that cocaine. A travesty.