Drug Catapult Found At US-Mexico Border

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 27, 2011 @08:35AM from the things-have-been-rough-for-Wile-E dept.

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.'"

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Re:Trebuchet by msauve · 2011-01-27 08:51 · Score: 5, Informative

Your attempt at being pedantic fails. A trebuchet is just a specific type of catapult. The device is in fact a catapult.

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