Move Over, Drug Mules

Here come the drug sharks. The Mexican navy has discovered more than a ton of cocaine packed into frozen shark carcasses, demonstrating the creativity of smugglers trying to deliver their drugs into the U.S.

The Guardian:

The lengths to which drug smugglers will go to conceal their consignments was revealed when the Mexican navy said it had seized more than a tonne of cocaine stuffed inside frozen shark carcasses.

Masked naval officers cut open more than 20 carcasses filled with slabs of cocaine after checking a cargo ship in a container port in the state of Yucatan. X-ray machines and sniffer [dogs] led them to the stash.

“We are talking about more than a tonne of cocaine that was inside the ship,” said navy commander Eduardo Villa yesterday. “Those in charge of the shipment said it was a conserving agent but after checks we confirmed it was cocaine.”

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