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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTurtle Found by U.S. Coast Guard with $53 million Worth of Cocaine Attached to It
https://people.com/crime/turtle-found-by-u-s-coast-guard-with-53-million-worth-of-cocaine-attached-to-it/?fbclid=IwAR2tCS0nU98dLlWecqJxA_dUdSGrT7Dx0hPZBnw0dy-tNYgQPAfYf5brEggA giant sea turtle had to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after it became entangled in a rope attached to packages filled with millions of dollars of cocaine on Tuesday.
The Coast Guard cutter Thetis, which is stationed in Key West, Florida, was on a 68-day deployment when it came across the turtle trying to escape from 26 bales of cocaine.
The crew noticed a large debris field on Tuesday while on a patrol, and discovered the turtle stuck among the bales which the Coast Guard estimates contain over $53 million of cocaine.
The Coast Guard cutter Thetis, which is stationed in Key West, Florida, was on a 68-day deployment when it came across the turtle trying to escape from 26 bales of cocaine.
The crew noticed a large debris field on Tuesday while on a patrol, and discovered the turtle stuck among the bales which the Coast Guard estimates contain over $53 million of cocaine.
Not sure how effective that wall will be across the Gulf of Mexico.
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Turtle Found by U.S. Coast Guard with $53 million Worth of Cocaine Attached to It (Original Post)
Sancho
Nov 2018
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marylandblue
(12,344 posts)1. I have uncontrollable urge to fish for turtles now.
JCanete
(5,272 posts)10. hehe...
jcgoldie
(11,584 posts)2. What was Mitch McConnell doing swimming in the Florida keys?
You beat me to it!
Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)5. Damn, the resemblance just got even more uncanny!
eShirl
(18,466 posts)7. Cocaine Mitch
Kaleva
(36,147 posts)3. Fucking drug dealing turtles!
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)6. Real Turtle This Time
I thought maybe this was a backhanded reference to the time the ship owned by Mcconnell's in-laws was caught with 40 kilos of cocaine.
Maybe McConnell is taking a more direct hand in things?
[link:http://www.thenation.com/article/mitch-mcconnells-freighted-ties-shadowy-shipping-company/|]
Brother Buzz
(36,216 posts)8. To Hell with square groupers, I'm on the look for sea turtles now!
OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)9. He'll probably still be alive at the end of his sentence....
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)11. The turtle was shot immediately by the USCG
...and the cocaine sold by the CIA to the Russians.
Move along, folks.