Ecuador police destroy over 20 metric tons of cocaine (news.yahoo.com)

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QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean Police on Thursday destroyed some 21.5 metric tons of cocaine which they seized over the weekend as part of a military offensive declared by the government to combat organized crime.

The drugs were found on Sunday stored in hundreds of blocks in storage space built under a pig farm located in the city of Vinces, officials said. One person was arrested at the scene.

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[-] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

I'm sure those 15 tons of cocaine made a nice little fire

[-] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago

All ten tons burned well.

[-] bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

It's good they got those five tons off the street

[-] DreamTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Leader and a couple ops with bloated brick-shaped stomachs walk away..

[-] moldyringwald@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Sheesh what a waste 😮‍💨

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 9 points 7 months ago

JESUS WEPT

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

And boy, are their noses tired!

[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

reduce, REUSE, recycle, ffs...

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

Should have opened a ski resort.

[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

omg lmao lemmy has been so funny lately 😆

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

I've never tried cocaine. They could have sent me a 1kg sampler. Cheap bastards.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

But why would they destroy it? I thought people liked that stuff.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

[-] Kaput@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Reporters Lini g up to witness the destruction

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[-] seathru@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Authorities used a technique known as encapsulation to destroy the drug, pulverizing the seized blocks with waste before mixing the resulting fine powder with cement, sand and glass.

Someone totally took that home. "We turned that 20 tons of coke into 20 tons of concrete. Job well done pack it up."

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Wow, where did they find 500 metric tons of cocaine??

[-] ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

That's a lot of nuts!

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