So here's an interesting
story. Apparently Mexican drug dealers have decided that to get there drugs across the border they will use a catapult. And I don't mean they produce a catapult made out of drugs and then bring it across the border ala
Cheech and Chong: Up in smoke.
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| Entirely made of Marajuana |
No these enterprising young men have decided that they will literally catapult the drugs across the border. This seems like a rather archaic way of doing things, surely a cannon, or even a trebuchet would be a more modern way of transporting the drugs? Although I read somewhere that drug dealers used "Drug Mules" to get their drugs across borders ,so they are not exactly up with modern technology.
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| Pictured: A drug Mule. |
Apparently a lot of these mules are caught in airports. Obviously, a mule in an airport is going to be freaking conspicuous
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| I am pretty sure I could spot a mule here. |
But back to the original story so these drug dealers are presumably launching their drugs across the border using a giant catapult. Okay first of all what is the range of a catapult? Surely the distances you could use would be so small the guards on the border are going to notice flying drug packages?
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| "What the hell are they loading into that catapult?" |
Secondly, a drug deal is a transaction, that requires someone with drugs and someone with cash to purchase the drugs. If you are firing the drugs across the border how do you get paid?
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| "But man, if we throw the drugs across, how do we get the money man?" |
You are thinking well that's easy, they just get paid on the internet first, and then fire the drugs across? I don't know about you but drug dealers aren't exactly high up on my people to trust list. Okay then you buy the drugs and they are delivered, once you have received them then you pay. Right? People purchasing drugs are just above drug dealers on my people to trust list.
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"We aren't really going to pay for these are we?"
"Nope" |
I do like the idea though that America would need a new weapon in their drug enforcement branch to combat these catapulted drugs.
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| American Anti-Drug Enforcement Team. |
If you read the story though, you will notice though they didn't actually find drugs, they just saw some Mexicans with a catapult, maybe they were doing something else?
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| Pedro couldn't understand why every time his Medieval re-enactment group set up near the American border they got arrested. |
