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[Lionel Mandrake]

If only there was one more ton, then this joke would work.

 

[SyNapSe]

Right. Mexico doesn't have a drug problem, it has an America problem. America has the drug problem.

I bet it's the only place in the world with people using drugs!

 

[Zzoram]

The problem for drug cartels is that they inevitably want to scale up their business to make more money, but in doing so they have to centralize their production and risk getting busted like this.

 

[GK86]

Damn, $4 billion is a crazy amount. Someone is gonna be angry as shit.

 

[Stet]

This is probably a naive question but....what does the government do with the drugs they acquire from these people? If they properly destroy it (which I doubt), wouldn't that technically hurt the economy? $4 billion is a lot of money.

Not sure 15 tons of an illegal substance made in Mexico and sold for cash in the U.S. really does anything for either economy.

 

[Slayven]

I am glad no one has said "legalize it" yet. Today was a good day.

 

[deejay8595]

i hope they dont record that shit. its fucked up to murder someone period, but to do it in the manner of that cartel vid.. fuck...

Link me to the video. Or PM.

 

[gabbo]

This is probably a naive question but....what does the government do with the drugs they acquire from these people? If they properly destroy it (which I doubt), wouldn't that technically hurt the economy? $4 billion is a lot of money.

It only hurts the black market economy. That 4 billion wouldn't end up being taxed or the like.

 

[Zzoram]

Damn, $4 billion is a crazy amount. Someone is gonna be angry as shit.

A lot of heads will roll after this.

 

[Stinkles]

A lot of heads will roll after this.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Wow. Some cartel is going to be pissed off.

I came in to post this.

 

[(._.)]

GODDAMN thats a lot of drugs

 

[Syph Medwes]

Sketch of the cook

Should've been first post.

 

[kswiston]

15 tons of anything is pretty valuable, tbqh

Works out to $293k per kilo. Last I checked, a kilo of sugar was something like $2

 

[iNvid02]

came for bb references, was not disappointed

 

[Deadly Joker]

I feel sorry for anyone that enters this thread that hasn't seen Breaking Bad.

They must be so confused.

 

[jamesinclair]

$4bn? And it was just sitting there?

And Im sitting here....? Where do I send my resume?

 

[Escape Goat]

$4bn? And it was just sitting there?

And Im sitting here....? Where do I send my resume?

do you really want to do meth?

 

[poppabk]

If it would be valued at 4 billion on the street in the US then how is it not valued at 4 billion? I'm sure they had every intention in the world to sale it in the US.

Because the main value comes from it being available for people to buy it. That meth was made knowing a large percentage would never reach buyers and that a lot of people would take a cut along the way. Drugs on the streets have the cost of every middleman, bribe and loss to theft, seizures etc built in.

 

[Al-ibn Kermit]

I assume most people know that a significant fraction will get seized by authorities eventually and that there's several middle men taking a cut.

 

[mf.luder]

Uhoh, I can already hear the dump trucks in reverse.

Interesting that the military did this. I recall reading that the military is a lot less corrupt than the police.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

Any good news from Mexico is, well, good news.

 

[RSLAEV]

Good, I hope they destroy it quick before any of it goes 'missing'

 

[jamesinclair]

do you really want to do meth?

Do meth? Of course not. But maybe they need a social networking manager or something?

 

[Carbonox]

4 billion? SCIENCE BITCH!

 

[Tacitus_]

15 tons... woah

 

[Mushroom021]

Breaking Bad!

 

[poppabk]

Do meth? Of course not. But maybe they need a social networking manager or something?

I believe they make their social networking posts using bloody and mutilated corpses hanging from a bridge.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

I feel sorry for the poor sods that were to guard this.

In a few days another chainsaw decapitation movie will pop up on the web...

 

[TheContact]

Sketch of the cook

Thanks. That was good =)

 

[Feature]

I want pictures!

 

[TheMan]

jesus christ how many breaking bad jokes/references does one thread need

 

[F#A#Oo]

Haha BB references...yeaah...

Man now I wanna know who the real Heisenberg is in this piece of news...

 

[Lion Heart]

Breaking Bad!

Who's enberg?

 

[Szu]

 

[kingocfs]

Just another Wednesday in Mexico.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Mexican Army is gonna have an amazing weekend!

And the worst coming-down monday ever!

 

[F#A#Oo]

They should sell the meth back to the cartels...

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

The meth market must occupy a broad range. People wanting to buy this pure stuff and retards who "shake & bake" meth in a single jug.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

Thank you BB-GAF, you haven't let me down.

 

[Mobius 1]

Sketch of the cook

The only appropriate reply.

 

[Boogie]

They should sell the meth back to the cartels...

Yeah, I don't think the Mexican army is going to pull an Omar.

 

[Malo]

I feel sorry for anyone that enters this thread that hasn't seen Breaking Bad.

They must be so confused.

Shame on them.

 

[Utako]

ISTR a few separate incidents where US feds dismantled factories producing some of the precursor ingredients for LSD and individual busts effectively dried up the whole continent for a while.

It's remarkable to me that any drug would be being produced on such a centralized basis that a single bust could disrupt supply. You'd think cartels and dealers would have a more robust system. That's really the remarkable thing to me here.

I thought the same thing.

"Idiots shouldn't have kept 15 tons in one spot."

 

[Übermatik]

Guess I won't be getting my meth this weekend then...

 

[poppabk]

Who's enberg?

I'm uncertain.

 

[Al-ibn Kermit]

The meth market must occupy a broad range. People wanting to buy this pure stuff and retards who "shake & bake" meth in a single jug.

Reminds me of bootleg alcohol. The quality range is all over the map.

 

[Phat Michael]

Yeah, I don't think the Mexican army is going to pull an Omar.

Bb and the wire references in the same thread? Sign me up. Also, rumour has it that it was $4 billion of "chilly p"

 

[HephalumpsAndWoozles]

Not sure 15 tons of an illegal substance made in Mexico and sold for cash in the U.S. really does anything for either economy.

It only hurts the black market economy. That 4 billion wouldn't end up being taxed or the like.

Because we all know the velocity of money is zero in this situation... They're not doing this to acquire material goods, they just want to stack money under their mattresses and keep it out of the economy.

 

[Stet]

Because we all know the velocity of money is zero in this situation... They're not doing this to acquire material goods, they just want to stack money under their mattresses and keep it out of the economy.

It's not like people who spend money on drugs are going to hoard their money if the drugs aren't available. Whether the money belongs to them or it belongs to the manufacturers, it's still part of the economy. In an illegal transaction, it just moves from one hand to another. It's not taxed and it's not tracked. No money was destroyed by this shipment being seized.