What will drug smugglers think of next?
In an industry that thrives on innovation, some enterprising Mexican marijuana runners went medieval on the border fence, using a catapult to hurl bricks of weed into Arizona, authorities say.
Grainy video from the Department of Homeland Security shows three men priming the throwing arm of the mechanism. Two of the men step away, and when the remaining man lets go, the catapult chucks its wares over the fence.
Various media reports claim the device was capable of launching about 4 pounds of pot (or, presumably, any substance).
Customs and Border Patrol agents, National Guard troops and Mexican authorities joined forces to disrupt the operation, KOLD-TV and other CNN affiliates reported.
The National Guard, operating a remote surveillance system at the Naco Station, about 100 miles southeast of Tucson, observed the men launching packages south of the border fence, according to KVOA-TV.
KGUN-TV said Mexican authorities were unable to apprehend any of the suspects. The surveillance camera operators witnessed the men fleeing.
A sport utility vehicle, the catapult and 45 pounds of marijuana were seized, the affiliates said.
“The Border Patrol's partnerships with Mexican authorities, the National Guard and the public enhance our efforts to address and disrupt the organized drug trafficking threat at the border and serves to degrade the capabilities of transnational criminal organizations,” Jose Cruz, an associate chief in CBP’s Tucson sector, told KVOA.
They’ve got their work cut out for them chasing smugglers, who have resorted to myriad ingenious means to ferry their drugs across borders.
But after seeing beetles, tunnels, submarines, Jesus statues, coconuts, frozen sharks, flip-flops and even puppies used for smuggling, it's unlikely that much surprises them – even when weed runners rely on the ancient Greeks for their methods.
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Hey there Oscar M, smoke a joint and relax! Please understand you have to open your mind and stop stereotyping. Do you really believe all stoners just sit around doing nothing? Most of the people I know who prefer a bit of herb instead of drinking (which is a far more dangerous drug) are college educated, interesting, intellectuals etc, etc...
Actually that looks like a trebuchet
And I'm sure you knew that before you started watching Punkin chunkin.
I give them credit for originality.
ROFLMAO I'm sorry but this is hilarious!
On a more serious note at some point we have to look at return on investment. We've invested countless billions on the war on drugs over the past 40 years or so, it's not working. Face the facts, legalize and lets be done with it.
It's a trebuchet, not a catapult...
Set it up on our side of the fence, and use it to fling the illegals back.....deportapult
Is it bad that all I could think of when first reading this was that it was an ingenious move and I am shocked no one has done it before? I talk more about the Pot Catapult on The Watercooler – an afternoon talk show that airs on http://www.thepulsenetwork.com at 12 EST or available any time on-demand.
u all wish to grab a pack on the other side............a.z.z munchers
What a great story!
This got considerable play on the Society for Creative Anachronism lists, and on the drug-law reform lists.
If all these drug mentalities devoted as much time to figuring out how to work and improve their culture, many nations and countless millions of people from many nations would benefit.
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I'm not easily impressed. . . but that's iprmesnsig me!
That would be the biggest mistake the US ever made.
Thats what we should be doing. Eliminate ALL the drug smuggelers and cartel members. We know who they are and where they are. It's just a matter of political will. That would be a step in the right direction.