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British warship and U.S. aircraft seize 6,000 pounds of cocaine and other drugs after "high-speed chase" in Caribbean Sea

www.cbsnews.com British warship and U.S. aircraft seize 6,000 pounds of cocaine and other drugs after "high-speed chase" in Caribbean Sea

British and American officers chased down a speedboat as its crew tried to dump its drugs into the water near the U.S. Virgin Islands, officials said.

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I'm all for imperial measurements, but this is cocaine. It's always been kilos, always will be.
- "6000 pounds of cocaine" sounds more like a recipe ingredient.
  
  I thought of it as a great band name...
- ~~I'm all for imperial measurements~~ but this is cocaine. It's always been kilos, always will be.
  
  FTFY
Anyone else find it weird how we waste taxpayer resources to prohibit drugs the ruling class has unfettered access to anyways?
- It's performance art. A part of the circus section of bread and circuses.
Lame.
At least there's not just a bunch of jokes about the amount.

I still think it's a waste of time and resources though.

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