Cocaine haul hidden in giant squid

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/16/peru.cocaine.reut/index.html

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) -- Peruvian police say they have seized nearly 1,540 pounds (700 kilograms) of cocaine hidden in frozen giant squid bound for Mexico and the United States.

The drugs were covered in pepper to divert sniffer dogs and sealed in several layers of plastic and other wrappers, Peruvian police said on Monday.

Police had been on the trail since August.

Seven people were arrested in the drug seizure.

Police said the haul would have a street value of about $17.5 million (euro13.5 million).

[tavalon]

1. What about the squid? n/t

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

2. did you read it?

:shrug:

[tavalon]

8. Yo!

I suppose you're allowed to be humor impaired this early in the morning.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. Havin' a bad day - I apologise

:)

[skeeterintexas]

4. "Police had been on the trail since August."

Can you imagine how bad the squid must've smelled?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. 1 word - "frozen"

[tavalon]

7. Dammit!

I had coffee in my mouth! The operative word being had. Now, I have to leave DU and clean up my keyboard. Damn you!

[matcom]

3. covered with pepper?

but that would make me sneeze!

[jdots]

6. Alot of coke is packed in frozen dog meat

this passes right by the coke sniffing squid.

[northzax]

10. wait, someone had a frizen Giant Squid?

seriously, where'd they get it? no one has ever actually caught a full grown Giant Squid, and no one wuold bother to freeze it, since the ammonia it uses for blood would taste pretty lousy.