Smugglers catapult pot over border fence

[The Straight Story]

Smugglers catapult pot over border fence

TUCSON - Smugglers using a catapult to launch marijuana across the border were observed on a remote video surveillance system, and National Guard troops coordinated with Mexican authorities to disrupt the far-flung operation.

On Friday evening, National Guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system at the Naco Border Patrol Station observed several people south of the International Boundary Fence preparing a catapult and launching packages over the International Border fence, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Border Patrol agents working with the National Guard contacted Mexican authorities, who went to the location and disrupted the catapult operation. The camera showed the individuals fleeing the area before they could be intercepted by Mexican authorities.

The Mexican officials seized about 45 pounds of marijuana, a sport utility vehicle, and the catapult device.

http://www.kvoa.com/news/smugglers-catapult-pot-over-border-fence/

[KansDem]

1. You have to give them an "A" for ingenuity!

The "Cannabis Catapult"


Hey, why not use remote-control model airplanes?

Here comes the stash! Here comes the stash!

[Kennah]

2. That's Old School!

[Canuckistanian]

3. Points for imagination

Very ingenious.

[somone]

4. Cheap, fast, efficient

[DeSwiss]

5. K&R

- With all of the upheaval and uncertainty in the world of business these days, it's good to see that ACME is still raking in the big bucks from its catapult sales. I'm sure that http://www.wimp.com/looneytoons/">Wile E. Coyote approves.......

[Dappleganger]

6. Adam and Jamie would be proud.

Somebody will have to write them and demand a demonstration!

[Nevernose]

7. My dad and I built catapults together when I was a child

With the right materials and construction, we built a catapult that would throw a baseball for a hundred yards or more, and that was a very small catapult.

[alfredo]

8. It was the giggling that gave them away.

[Capitalocracy]

10. That and the flying bags of grass

silhouetted in the desert sunset

legalize it

[alfredo]

11. Legalize it and save the catapult for chips and dip.

[1896educational]

9. I wondered why my latest purchase had a medieval taste to it.

[tiny elvis]

12. please stop them, narco patrol

please
no more sun dried mexican cowfield weed
that shit barely resembles marijuana and we are flooded with it
please do your jobs
quality control!

[reggie the dog]

13. there is plenty of good mexican weed

[Le Taz Hot]

14. This is in Arizona?

Why in the world would anyone be buying Mexican ditch weed when they can grow the good stuff so easily in AZ? Pot plants LOVE heat (as long as they're adequately hydrated). I'd have to build my own catapult and throw it back. Blech!

[formercia]

15. Because people are stupid.

and don't know better.