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Cocaine shipment found at United Nations in fake diplomatic pouch
AP VIA fox ^ | 01/26/12 | AP

Posted on 01/26/2012 6:15:00 PM PST by Doogle

UNITED NATIONS – A shipment containing 16 kilograms of cocaine was seized last week at the U.N.'s mail intake center, a New York Police Department spokesman said Thursday.

Paul Browne, NYPD's chief spokesman, said the drug was in a white bag evidently masquerading as a diplomatic pouch that raised suspicions when it was being scanned because it was stamped with what looked like a poorly concocted version of the U.N. logo.

Browne said here was no name or address on the shipment sent from Mexico City through Cincinnati.

U.N. security officials called the NYPD and Drug Enforcement Administration, which confirmed the substance inside the shipment intercepted Jan. 16 was cocaine, the police spokesman said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: coke; drugs; wod; wodlist; wosd
oh well
1 posted on 01/26/2012 6:15:07 PM PST by Doogle
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To: Doogle

...guess it could have been anthrax


2 posted on 01/26/2012 6:18:59 PM PST by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Doogle

Sounds like the boys at the UN were getting ready to write up another resolution and were going to party afterwards.


3 posted on 01/26/2012 6:18:59 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey America! Your President's DOJ is taking the Fifth Amendment! How do you feel about that?)
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To: Doogle

Endemic drug use would go a long way towards explaining some of the UN’s bizarre words and deeds.


4 posted on 01/26/2012 6:24:07 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: Doogle

Which country did the pouch belong to?


5 posted on 01/26/2012 6:31:51 PM PST by rfreedom4u (Forced diversity causes dissent!)
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To: Doogle

At 16 keys, NO WAY this was the first shipment.


6 posted on 01/26/2012 6:52:11 PM PST by Roccus
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To: Doogle

I’m sure there’s a perfectly innocent explanation for this.


7 posted on 01/26/2012 6:52:39 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Doogle

WOW!!! 16 kilograms of cocaine could lead to another Global Warming report.

Those dudes at the UN have one hell of a habit.


8 posted on 01/26/2012 7:03:36 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Steely Tom
"I’m sure there’s a perfectly innocent explanation for this."

Simply use the Sandy Berger defense. It works every time.


"It was inadvertent. That's all I have to say."

9 posted on 01/26/2012 7:11:15 PM PST by Baynative (The penalty for not participating in politics is you will be governed by your inferiors.)
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To: Doogle
do I really have to say it???

10 posted on 01/26/2012 7:14:23 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Baynative

Sandy Berger... whatever became of that fat thieving pig?


11 posted on 01/26/2012 7:19:48 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Doogle
Pssst!? I have it on good authority that it was headed for the IPCC crowd.....they need something to bolster their collective confidence on their failing AGW world dominance plans.
12 posted on 01/26/2012 7:26:02 PM PST by Puckster
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To: Doogle

“raised suspicions when it was being scanned because it was stamped with what looked like a poorly concocted version of the U.N. logo.”

Diabolically clever to avert any copyright infringement prosecution....


13 posted on 01/26/2012 7:36:10 PM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Puckster

...guess when a UN worker turns up in the East River we’ll be able to figure it out


14 posted on 01/26/2012 7:39:06 PM PST by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Lancey Howard
"Sandy Berger... whatever became of that fat thieving pig?"

He's scurrying around 'K' Street like a rat in the shadows making millions MILLIONS every year lobbying and selling defense secrets. His new book deal will probably be announced soon.

15 posted on 01/26/2012 7:48:27 PM PST by Baynative (The penalty for not participating in politics is you will be governed by your inferiors.)
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To: Doogle

Isn’t it amazing, all the large drug seizures all over the newspapers since Fast and Furious and the Cartel laundering scandal? This diplomatic pouch virtually jumped on someone’s lap.


16 posted on 01/26/2012 7:59:56 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Doogle

My take: It was supposed to be Obama’s fix for the rest of the year. I wonder who was supposed to deliver it to him.


17 posted on 01/26/2012 8:36:49 PM PST by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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To: Doogle

Damn, so THAT’s where I left it.

Little help ?


18 posted on 01/26/2012 9:42:33 PM PST by onona (Jukeman's tag line is right on (sadly))
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