Quebecois cocaine cowgirls

[A12B]

These guys will not hesitate any second to throw people lives away as bait to get more on the other side. Like grocery stores, they have a budget for waste and this little bust was probably part of their waste budget !

 

[Chigen]

The girls were caught with a large amount, that is one hell of an expensive distraction.

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

That is actually not that large of a shipment, 10X or more than that may have gone through another port.

 

[EagerBeaver]

$30 million seems to me like a huge sacrifice of product. Not necessary to sacrifice that much to do a test or create a distraction using morons as mules!!!!!!

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

^^^^^^ Street value of $30 mil, person who bought it probably paid $5 mil. The cartels have truckloads they are trying to ship out, losing a couple of suitcases is like you losing change in your couch while watching NFL Sunday.

 

[pat98]

Un peu de Français.. bon résumé de Radio-Canada ou on peut voir la manipulation et le piège au final dans lequel elles sont tombées les deux pieds devant !
(French CBC Radio Canada from MSN link ... )

[FONT=&amp]Voici ce qui s’est passé.[/FONT]
Croisière, bikinis et cocaïne

 

[EagerBeaver]

^^^^^^ Street value of $30 mil, person who bought it probably paid $5 mil. .

Don't change the facts.......what was reported was that it was street value of $30 million in this and numerous other reports, that means someone would have paid $30 million on the street:

https://www.maxim.com/news/canadian-cruise-passengers-cocaine-2016-9

That is an absurdly large amount of product to sacrifice on a diversion that could have been created with 1/100th that amount or even less, while using boneheaded rookie mules who foreseeably could have and did fuck up. I am not buying the diversion theory because most people do not piss away large amounts of money on a very risky test or diversion, especially when it can be done with equal effectiveness for 1/100th the price.

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

Don't change the facts.......what was reported was that it was street value of $30 .

Change what facts? The article says street value $30 mil, that means if sold by the gram it would be worth that much, if you do the math at $30 mil it works out to $334 a gram, no one would pay that price for that quantity.
200 lbs of blow is a lot to many but to someone who produces it it is tiny. As I ssid, the supplier probably has 10 X that ready for shipment at any given time.
You think 2 lbs of coke is a worthwhile bust, no.

 

[A12B]

EB,

IMO, the selling value on the streets is 30M but the raw cost for the syndicate is probably peanut to them, peanut enough to sacrifice the loss of a small stash and screw the people they used to deviate attention.

Yes on the streets, the final end user will pay 30M and that is after going in many revellers hands plus the original seller margin.

The producer makes money, the first distributor is the main guy selling it and then it gets sub-distributed by numerous dealers and when margins get compounded through the sales channel, it inflates to 30M. I would suspect the first distributor's cost is very low. Their margin is very-very high considering the risk they have to take.

 

[hungry101]

As Beretta used to say "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."

I think you just described the plot behind Eastwood's latest movie called "The Mule." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_QksSzK7sI

 

[Schwarzkopf]

I am surprised this thread has gone on so long. Maybe it will still be going after these girls get out.

 

[jalimon]

It's a fascinating story! These girls cant wait to get out to try to sell their story to hollywood and once and for all they will have what they wanted in the first place... Being liked!

Cheers,

 

[Cmdr. Krill]

At most they may get $100k each for the story, just enough to re-integrate into society. The story of getting caught with drugs in a foreign country is not that uncommon.

 

[jalimon]

Nice recap (but in french):

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvell...rge-isabelle-lagace-australie-cocaine-prison/

Cheers,

 

[Springsteen]

So the old geezer got 8 years, it could be a life sentence.

 

[jalimon]

he is collaborating so he got a sentence reduced by 40%

now question is how much drug the other quebeccer on board were able to bring on that same boat ? they gave out a lot they must have brought in 10 times that?

 

[Gen. Grubozaboyschikov]

So the old geezer got 8 years, it could be a life sentence.

If he turns rat his life might not be worth a plugged nickel.

 

[cloudsurf]

A young Canadian male was recently found guilty of smuggling drugs into China and sentenced to death.
Two lessons from this story : One is the obvious..... don`t smuggle drugs.
Two if you are stupid enough to do so then pick the right country , like Australia where you`ll get 7 years or less.


BTW this story didn`t get world wide coverage because its about a guy and not 2 sexy young women.

 

[jalimon]

I am guessing you wouldn’t have 34 pages of Merbites feeling sorry for him either if a thread was started, even with a death sentence.

Still don't you find it strange they reviewed the verdict and changed 15 years to death penalty just as Canada is still holding the VP of huawei... And 2 more Canadians are still unfairly detained.
Maybe not the best of time to visit China folks...

Cheers,

 

[cloudsurf]

Kef,
Drugs killing millions ? A bit of an exaggeration...don`t ya think?
But Fentanyl coming to your neighbourhood from friendly China is killing tens of thousands.