Marijuana cannon seized at the border Across, Drug traffickers will go to any length to ensure that their product is distributed on time. In fact it is down right amazing to the extent the drug traffickers will go to to complete their transactions. The latest intense level includes 30 pounds of pot and a large handmade crafted cannon according to the Feb. 28 MSN reports.
Twitter users are completely in awe of the construction of a handmade marijuana cannon constructed for the purpose for shooting large amounts of marijuana from Mexico into California in the United States. Reported Examiner...
Discussions on the social networks about the marijuana cannon has many network users concerned at what else besides drugs could be shot out at the borders into the U.S., with many worried that dangerous chemicals, and deadly germs could be used as a form of terrorism using the same tactics now.The pot cannon was seized by authorities in the Mexican border city of Mexicali after a pickup truck carrying a homemade cannon in the bed as confiscated by police officials.
The jerry-rigged pot blaster is described as a plastic pipe attached to an metal tank that used compressed air from a car engine. The pot shot could fire cylinders that packed as much as 30 pounds of weed over the border.
The pot cannon packed with drugs that weighed as much as 30 pounds and was confiscated last week after U.S. officers told Mexican police that they had been confiscating a large number of drug packages that appeared to have been fired over the border. Mexican police on the border have recovered a series of similar devices in recent years.
In December of last year a similar cannon was used to shoot marijuana into Arizona. According to this report over $42,000 worth of marijuana, consisting of 30 cans, was shot into Yuma, Arizona using a cannon.
The marijuana weighed around 85 pounds and the cans were fired from about 500 feet away using a pneumatic-powered cannon. There also was a carbon-dioxide tank found nearby according to The Guardian.
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