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Drug-Shooting 'Bazooka' Seized In Mexico As Smugglers Aim Skyward
As Mexican authorities continue to crack down on drug smugglers, criminals continue to aim high in a bid to evade them. Last week, Mexican authorities seized a jury-rigged bazooka and nearly one ton of marijuana in the border town of Agua Prieta in Sonora state, the Mexican Attorney General said in a statement.
The bazooka had been "adapted" to use a compressor for launching drugs into the United States. The Mexican daily El Universal reports the device was inside a van with a sliding roof, allowing the bazooka to shoot the drugs from the cover of the vehicle.
Agua Prieta lies directly across the border from Douglas, Ariz. Last year, Mexican federal authorities found yet another "homemade bazooka" in the town, this one measuring nearly 10 feet long, alongside an air compressor inside a modified panel van with no license plate. Officials say it was apparently used for launching projectiles, possibly drugs, across the border.
If "legal" retail prices for cannabis drop, maybe these will be packed with heroin or cocaine instead.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday November 16 2017, @02:55AM (1 child)
It is the enemy of the American people! Tremendous drugs are pouring into the United States at levels that nobody has ever seen before. This has happened over the last three to four years in particular. The wall will stop much of the drugs from pouring into this country and poisoning our youth. We need the wall. It is imperative. Now, we’re going to build a real wall. We’re going to build a wall that works, and it’s going to have a huge impact on the inflow of drugs coming across. That could be one of the main reasons you have to have the wall. It’s an additional tool to stop the inflow of drugs into our country. In our wall we need transparency. As I've said, we need transparency for when they shoot, or throw, the large sacks of drugs over. They hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff? It's over. Believe me, folks, it's over. #MAGA 🇺🇸
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 16 2017, @03:45AM
https://www.getdjtrump.com/videos/bd11edde58384fa6d14f/mexico_is_not_my [getdjtrump.com]
https://www.getdjtrump.com/videos/2bddfa4d6beea5612181/a_huge_impact_on [getdjtrump.com]