Tally me Banana?
Steven L. Taylor
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Saturday, July 12, 2014
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Via the BBC: Cocaine valued at £25m found in banana delivery
Cocaine with an estimated street value of £25m has been found hidden in a consignment of bananas from Colombia.
Scotland Yard said 150kg of the drug was found packed into plastic bananas following an "intelligence-led" operation.
Day-o, indeed.
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch!
I suppose its better than finding tarantulas.
Gives a whole new meaning to “Bananagrams”.
@Doug Mataconis: Yes, my father owned a grocery store when I was growing up and tarantulas in banana shipments was a real problem.
@Doug Mataconis: Even better than scorpions.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ drug lords.