Drug Catapult Found At US-Mexico Border

suraj.sun writes "According to a Fox News report: 'Drug smugglers trying to get marijuana across the Arizona-Mexico border apparently are trying a new approach — a medieval catapult, capable of launching 4.4 pounds of marijuana at a time. National Guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system at the Naco Border Patrol Station say they observed several people preparing a catapult and launching packages over the International Border fence last Friday evening. The 3-yard tall catapult was found about 20 yards from the US border on a flatbed towed by a sports utility vehicle, according to a Mexican army officer with the 45th military zone in the border state of Sonora.'"

Comments

Angry Drugs

[Anonymous Coward]

This is an iPhone game waiting to happen.

Re:Trebuchet

[jdastrup]

Wonder if MS is going to sue the drug lords for infringing on their font

How they found it

[Fauxbo]

The national started looking for the device when they found a giant baseball glove mounted in the Arizona desert

Yards?

[Anonymous Coward]

What the fuck is a yard? Some attempt at medieval humor?

Aha. 0.0136 furlongs tall. Thank-you, Google.

Pro-Catipult

[redemtionboy]

Normally I'm pro-legalization, but I'm much more pro-catapult. So if anti-drug legislation can bring us the catapults of our dreams, then may it is the answer. Then again, we could legalize and then just require all distribution to be done via catapult. It's a win/win.

You say "catapult"

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

I say "trebuchet"

Let's call the whole siege off...

Re:You say "catapult"

[g0bshiTe]

Honestly I prefer my illegal narcotics to enter the country via trebuchet as well.

Re:It's a trebuchet

[by (1706743)]

Not to mention that catapults are all but medieval.

I'd say that launching rotten tomatoes in a catapult would be mid-evil. Launching pillows would be low-evil, and launching nails and rocks hi-evil. But that's just me.