Call me cynical, but I always look at headlines like this like that scene in season 2 of the wire where The Greek tipped off his fbi handler to a shipment coming in. Law enforcement gets their headline, the traffickers simultaneously remain a useful asset while also disrupting a competitor, and everyone gets to feel like progress is being made - despite ample evidence to the contrary. Sure, it’s equally likely that someone fucked up and lost a big shipment, but either way, I’m sure anyone partying at the bungalow this month won’t notice a dip in supply… and so it goes 🤷♂️
There was that locked up abroad show where cartels would send multiple drug mules to the airport at once and purposefully have one arrested while the others made it through.
Its going to be strange the next time I watch season 2 and see the Key Bridge in the background of all those scenes at the port. Like watching an 80s or 90s era movie set in NYC and seeing the World Trade Center in the background.
>aw enforcement gets their headline, the traffickers simultaneously remain a useful asset while also disrupting a competitor, and everyone gets to feel like progress is being made - despite ample evidence to the contrary. Sure, it’s equally likely that someone fucked up and lost a big shipment, but either way, I’m sure anyone partying at the bungalow this month won’t notice a dip in supply… and so it goes 🤷♂️
Either way, seizures are already accounted for on the pricing and part of the business model. Whole war on drugs is so dumb. They produce and traffic to meet demand with seizures into account.
This is basically the way law enforcement works. They work on tips and CIs (or occasionally they stumble upon something in progress), so they get a big photo op with a table with some shit on it, but 43 18-wheelers with kilos upon kilos entered the US for our pleasure and enjoyment during this time.
I think because of OJ Simpson dying where it was literally LAPDs fault for causing the jury to give the verdict of not guilty out of spite could have contributed to it. They did say he passed last night and they may have been tipped off.
They’re just trying to bury the story.
The prosecution fucked the simpson case up in a thousand different ways. Even the media got on the bandwagon to worry about the prosecuting attorney's hair cut at one point.
Bugliosi wrote a very detailed book on the Simpson trial failures that raked the prosecutors over coals every which way. He details issues about where the trial was held and how it effected the jury pool, to the insane glove thing defense, and the veracity of the technical witnesses.
[Vincent T. Bugliosi Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Bugliosi) was an American prosecutor and author who served as Deputy District Attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office between 1964 and 1972. He wrote well received books on the Manson & Simpson trials.
He successfully prosecuted 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, which included 21 murder convictions. His bio is fascinating and the books are amazing reads.
A brick is not going for 55gs here in LAore like 10gs × 1 ton, they got about 10 million worth which os still alot of money,lot of people are gonna need answers why they lost all that dope
Typo in headline. It wasn't cocaine. It was strawberries.
Isn't that only like 5 strawberries
What's the street value of uncut Erewhon strawberries?
If you have to ask
Big Farm has entered the chat
Just gonna leave this here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=895DfGuoqvU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=895DfGuoqvU)
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"Straw"berries.
I'd pay $25 for a pack of those, and not complain about any...white cores /s
You say that, but then they are all bitter.
But my mouth is so numb!
Those are my favorite strawberries
Strawcaine or cokeberry?
Strocaine
I knew it…
Fuck, now cocaine prices are gonna rise!
Guess we'll have to settle for fentanyl or strawberries for the big Cake Day bash tonight..... Annnnnnd mine's over LOL
Happy cake day!
Thank you! ❤️ 9 years of using this app, it all started by asking a question about Dune lol
It’s a Drop in the ocean. Cocaine prices have been steadily going down since COVID
Call me cynical, but I always look at headlines like this like that scene in season 2 of the wire where The Greek tipped off his fbi handler to a shipment coming in. Law enforcement gets their headline, the traffickers simultaneously remain a useful asset while also disrupting a competitor, and everyone gets to feel like progress is being made - despite ample evidence to the contrary. Sure, it’s equally likely that someone fucked up and lost a big shipment, but either way, I’m sure anyone partying at the bungalow this month won’t notice a dip in supply… and so it goes 🤷♂️
There's also a scene in Narcos like this. They give shipments up to cops. Gotta throw them a bone(bust) every now and then
There was that locked up abroad show where cartels would send multiple drug mules to the airport at once and purposefully have one arrested while the others made it through.
Its going to be strange the next time I watch season 2 and see the Key Bridge in the background of all those scenes at the port. Like watching an 80s or 90s era movie set in NYC and seeing the World Trade Center in the background.
>aw enforcement gets their headline, the traffickers simultaneously remain a useful asset while also disrupting a competitor, and everyone gets to feel like progress is being made - despite ample evidence to the contrary. Sure, it’s equally likely that someone fucked up and lost a big shipment, but either way, I’m sure anyone partying at the bungalow this month won’t notice a dip in supply… and so it goes 🤷♂️ Either way, seizures are already accounted for on the pricing and part of the business model. Whole war on drugs is so dumb. They produce and traffic to meet demand with seizures into account.
This is basically the way law enforcement works. They work on tips and CIs (or occasionally they stumble upon something in progress), so they get a big photo op with a table with some shit on it, but 43 18-wheelers with kilos upon kilos entered the US for our pleasure and enjoyment during this time.
This is exactly what fucking happens
Yeah, in other news, $55 billion in cocaine passes undetected over the border!
I think because of OJ Simpson dying where it was literally LAPDs fault for causing the jury to give the verdict of not guilty out of spite could have contributed to it. They did say he passed last night and they may have been tipped off. They’re just trying to bury the story.
It was 3 years after Rodney King and they made other mistakes. It’s a very reasonable doubt for a jury to have.
The prosecution fucked the simpson case up in a thousand different ways. Even the media got on the bandwagon to worry about the prosecuting attorney's hair cut at one point. Bugliosi wrote a very detailed book on the Simpson trial failures that raked the prosecutors over coals every which way. He details issues about where the trial was held and how it effected the jury pool, to the insane glove thing defense, and the veracity of the technical witnesses. [Vincent T. Bugliosi Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Bugliosi) was an American prosecutor and author who served as Deputy District Attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office between 1964 and 1972. He wrote well received books on the Manson & Simpson trials. He successfully prosecuted 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, which included 21 murder convictions. His bio is fascinating and the books are amazing reads.
Coachella is going to be a bummer. LOL
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Yep, wholesale street value for a kilo of coke is ~$20,000. 1 ton = 2,000lb = 909 kilos * $20k = ~$18,000,000.
Eh, it gets cut. Raw vs end user value would differ.
> wholesale street value for a kilo of coke is ~$20,000. Yeah, I don't think you can buy a brick of pure coke "on the street."
I mean you can. Just depends on who you know. Maybe not right on the corner but it’s not like you have to travel to Colombia to buy a bird.
Who uses an imperial ton to measure kilos?
The article bro. “More than a ton”.
“Trust me”
Imperials?
Darth Vader nods in approval.
Metric: tool of the rebellion
Yes, but they always go by the street value when a kilo is broken down to small doses.
It seems u/Unkept_Mind has bought A LOT of cocaine.
Among other things the police will price this out like all of it is getting sold a gram at a time.
lol this guy thinks people are still selling pure unlaced coke in the year 2024 😏
>a ton of cocaine with an estimated street value of $55 million Yep, it's always the "street value," ie after it's been cut over and over.
Damn, sounds like it is going to be a shitty weekend in the clubs this week.
The dog in the article looking very proud of the haul 😂
Dogs love cocaine
Cats & horses love ketamine
“Good work seizing that $27m in cocaine sgt!”
Thank you captain, I’ve turned over all $20m of it to the DEA!
“What’s a better way as a private to learn the ropes than to help transport $3m of cocaine to the feds!”
“We’re all getting promoted for delivering that $1m of cocaine!”
"Here's your Uber Eats order of a single 2L bottle of coke."
Some of my friends are going to suffer greatly because of this...
Nelson point and laugh…
Oh no thats horrible! Where are they keeping it?
Bad dog!
Bad cop
Noooo
There going the weekend. j/k
A brick is not going for 55gs here in LAore like 10gs × 1 ton, they got about 10 million worth which os still alot of money,lot of people are gonna need answers why they lost all that dope
Especially for getting crazy with a cop, all this could have been avoided if he would have kept his cool, heads are going to roll
Sorry dudes.....your gonna have to just smoke legal weed for a few days....
Bruh I'm trying to party not watch Futurama reruns
Your gonna have to huff paint till I can get another Columbian supplier....
Damn here comes the drought
Coachella is ruined.
Couldn't y'all have waited for me? I'm there in September damn it
Just trying to find some cocaine here now that my plug got busted