"Ghost ship" washes up on remote island with $20 million of cocaine aboard

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/16/ghost-ship-washes-up-on-remote-island-with-20-million-of-cocaine-aboard.html

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this reminds me of an incident that happened on a beach near port arthur, texas in 1978 or 1979. a shrink-wrapped bundle with around 1000 pounds of marijuana washed up on shore. a guy down the hall from me in the dorms had some polaroids of it and he said that he sat on with a shotgun while his friend went to get help to divide it up and cart it off. not quite $20 million but an impressive haul.

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That’s a boat.
(It even says so in the linked article.)

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two packs that will be given to the US Drug Enforcement Agency for analysis.

Uh huh. “Analysis.”

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Haha, that KW is the Kenworth truck logo.

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Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin’.

We gonna do what they say can’t be done.

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We got a long way to go, and a short time to get there.
I’m east bound, just watch ole Bandit run.

And yes, it’s a boat. Ghost ship had me picturing something far bigger.

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“Please send bill for $20 million worth of cocaine to Big Enos Burdette.”

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Betcha someone had to go to remedial knot-tying school after the boat went missing.

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Someone learned that knot tying can be a matter of life or death

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I don’t even like cocaine and I think that’s just a damn shame.

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A similar thing happened in the 2001 in the Azores. The negative effects are still beings felt today:

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Correction
" “Ghost ship” washes up on remote island with $19 million of cocaine aboard"

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649 is a very unround number.

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Where do you think the authorities stored that $18 million worth of cocaine?

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