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Customs officers seize rabbit poo cigs
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| 11/13/2009
| Staff
Posted on 11/13/2009 1:10:39 PM PST by Red Badger
More than £1 million worth of counterfeit cigarettes filled with rabbit droppings instead of tobacco have been confiscated by customs officials in Spain.
The fake cigarettes - due to be sold on the black market as famous brands - were discovered after British holidaymakers in the Canary Islands smelled a rat whenever they lit up.
"They stunk. They smell just as you'd imagine burning poo to smell," said one customs official in Tenerife.
Police and customs staff arrested 12 smugglers in an undercover operation to intercept the cigarettes as they landed on a boat from China.
"They not only smell bad but the toxic chemicals they give off are pure poison," explained a customs official.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cigarette; fag; pufflist; smoking; tobacco
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To: Red Badger
Uh...why? Is this like the “Horse Sh*t Cigarettes” they used to sell in the Mexican border towns? If so - well, same question...
Colonel, USAFR
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:12:20 PM PST
by
jagusafr
(Kill the red lizard, Lord! - nod to C.S. Lewis)
To: Red Badger
To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee: You can smoke ‘em, but they taste like sh!t.
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:12:20 PM PST
by
Buck W.
(The President of the United States IS named Schickelgruber...)
To: Red Badger
Made in China? Wouldn’t you know it?
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:13:33 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Red Badger
Another thought—how does one collect that amount of rabbit droppings?
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:13:59 PM PST
by
Buck W.
(The President of the United States IS named Schickelgruber...)
To: Red Badger
Lagomorph and Meyers?
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:13:59 PM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
To: Red Badger
Chinese quality overcoming high taxes and production costs.
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:14:16 PM PST
by
pallis
To: jagusafr
Smoking tobacco is bad enough, but smoking rabbit poo is definitely a detriment to one’s health................and social standing...........
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:15:26 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: Buck W.
One pill at a time............
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:16:26 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: Red Badger
IIRC, there is a very expensive gourmet coffee which features beans passed through the digestive tract of is it Llamas?
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:17:21 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
To: pallis
Let’s not split hares..............
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:17:52 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: Red Badger
Careful!....The smell of burning poo may be something else altogether!
To: MHGinTN
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:19:23 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: MHGinTN
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:20:28 PM PST
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: Red Badger
Now when someone smoking mentioned that “this is some good s**t” you know what he means.
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:20:33 PM PST
by
Crolis
("Nemo me impune lacessit!" - "No one provokes me with impunity!")
To: Crolis
As he passes out on the floor.................
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:21:16 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: MHGinTN
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:22:49 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:23:01 PM PST
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: MHGinTN
“Llamas?”
Some sort of tree monkey or lemur I believe. Sposed to be the best around..
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:27:18 PM PST
by
acw011
(Great Goooogly Mooogly!)
To: Red Badger
"They stunk. They smell just as you'd imagine burning poo to smell,"
They wouldn't smell like burning poo if you didn't light one for some reason.
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posted on
11/13/2009 1:30:31 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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