Smugglers have come up with yet another creative way to get drugs in the USA - Cannon used to shoot drugs into US -
U.S. Border Patrol agents say smugglers have come up with yet another creative way to get drugs in the country - a cannon.
Authorities say 33 cans of marijuana were spotted Friday in a field near where the Colorado River crosses the U.S.-Mexico border. They believe the cans were launched about 500 feet into the U.S. using a pneumatic-powered cannon.
After searching the area, agents recovered a carbon dioxide tank.
Mexican authorities were also notified and searched their side of the border.
The 85 pounds of marijuana found in the cans had an estimated value of $42,500.
Authorities say Border Patrol agents in the Yuma sector near the Arizona-California border are adapting and shifting resources as smugglers come up with new ways of transporting their contraband.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/12/11/5047569/border-patrol-cannon-used-to-shoot.html
U.S. Border Patrol agents say smugglers have come up with yet another creative way to get drugs in the country - a cannon.
Authorities say 33 cans of marijuana were spotted Friday in a field near where the Colorado River crosses the U.S.-Mexico border. They believe the cans were launched about 500 feet into the U.S. using a pneumatic-powered cannon.
After searching the area, agents recovered a carbon dioxide tank.
Mexican authorities were also notified and searched their side of the border.
The 85 pounds of marijuana found in the cans had an estimated value of $42,500.
Authorities say Border Patrol agents in the Yuma sector near the Arizona-California border are adapting and shifting resources as smugglers come up with new ways of transporting their contraband.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/12/11/5047569/border-patrol-cannon-used-to-shoot.html
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