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Don’t all rush … over 120kg of cocaine packages have washed up on NSW (Australia) beaches over the last few days.

Members of the public keep finding 39kg packages and I can’t help thinking “surely they’d have packed them rounded up to 40kg” … and wondering where the missing 1kg is …

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[–] Legolution 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Genuinely thought "King Tides and Cyclone Jasper" was the name of some drug syndicate.

[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I though it was like a dnb band name. I'd buy their album.

[–] snowe@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago
[–] K0W4LSK1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The title makes it sound like bags of cocaine naturally come from the ocean.

[–] Rambomst@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have we finally found their natural habitat?

[–] jdf038@mander.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

Isn't it how you become king? When the coke of the lake chooses you?

[–] maquise@ttrpg.network 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How long until “Cocaine Shark”?

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Sharknado ~~IV~~ VII: Sharricaine

[–] Rootiest@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I have zero idea, I quit paying attention after I saw there were 2.

[–] Rootiest@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

How many have been submitted into evidence?

"what are you talking about? what cocaine bricks?"

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

We all know the narco sharks took their cut.

[–] alienanimals@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

This news article brought to you by: THE WAR ON DRUGS.

We may not have won the war yet, but stupid government officials are going to keep trying!

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Square grouper, nice.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also, cocaine dolphins. Hundreds of them need your cocaine donations. If they don't get the cocaine they need within 25 hours, they will probably end up in a gangbang somewhere, just swimming life away like aquatic savages.

[–] ChaoticEntropy 2 points 10 months ago

So acting like dolphins then.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

Lemme at that free cocaine.