Cops Seize 756 Pounds of Smuggled Bologna (not in D.C.)

Associated Press ^ | November 24, 2003 06:59 PM EST | AP Staff

[FlyLow]

The headline might seem that this had to happened in our nation's capital...but it happened in:

EL PASO, Texas - Border agents last week landed a meaty bust, seizing 756 pounds of bologna arranged into the shape of a car seat and covered with blankets in a man's pickup.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 81 rolls of Mexican bologna Friday at the Paso Del Norte bridge as the pickup entered the United States.

"It puts the ultimate consumer at risk," said customs spokesman Roger Maier. "Who knows how long these products have gone without refrigeration or without proper handling?"

Children were sitting on top of the illegal load before it was discovered, Maier said. The rear seat had been removed from the extended-cab pickup and the bologna was put in its place.

He said the agency plans to pursue civil penalties against the Mexican man driving the truck. Maier said the agency won't release the man's name until the case goes to trial.

Maier said the bologna goes for about $1 a roll in Juarez. When it is sold to a customer in the United States, it can go for between $5 and $10 a roll , he said.

[FlyLow]

GAWD...no one can make this stuff up!!! (-:

[chilepepper]

I guess the DNC is gearing up for the 2004 elections?

[exile]

I'd bet Star Jones is behind this.

[finnman69]

Talk about playing hide the bologna?

[Bikers4Bush]

Any indications yet that Barney Frank was involved?

[Dooderbutt]

Damn, I was wondering what I could get my dog into to keep him active and in shape...he could be a bologna sniffin' K-9. I'm sure he'd kick a$$ at that!

[al baby]

This is bs its from the onion

[vetvetdoug]

I saw this story posted twice yesterday and got zotted twice yesterday. The story just won't go away. One important thing about this story, this is the way Foot and Mouth Disease will get into the US and numerous other food borne illnesses will enter. The smugglers have no idea of what the repercussions of a foreign animal disease introduced into the US will have. This is no joking matter.

[1st-P-In-The-Pod]

"Children were sitting on top of the illegal load before it was discovered, Maier said."

Oh my!Mmmmm

[duckman]

"Who knows how long these products have gone without refrigeration or without proper handling?"

If you get Hep A from their onions, God knows what in these things.

[1st-P-In-The-Pod]

Cajungirl, everything is just fine between the two of us. You are quite a person!

[killjoy]

Children were sitting on top of the illegal load before it was discovered

Ugh... Another Michael Jackson story....

[1st-P-In-The-Pod]

Ooops! Wrong thread! Sorry.

[sheik yerbouty]

He got on it right away.

[Bikers4Bush]

About time someone caught on!