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Drug Catapult Found At US-Mexico Border

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. Angry Drugs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is an iPhone game waiting to happen.

  2. How they found it by Fauxbo · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  3. You say "catapult" by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Funny

    I say "trebuchet"

    Let's call the whole siege off...

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  4. Re:Trebuchet by msauve · · 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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