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Looking For iPad, Police Find 750 Pounds of Meth

Posted by Unknown on from the youtube-more-addictive-than-meth dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Hot on the trail of a stolen iPad using the 'Find my iPad' feature in iOS, Police in San Jose tracked the stolen device back to an apartment complex where they then stumbled onto 750 pounds of meth. All told, the meth is worth about $35 million on the street. The seizure was one of the largest drug busts in recent memory."

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  1. $35 Million Dollars by Crasoose · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even drug lords cannot afford the new insane iPad prices.

    1. Re:$35 Million Dollars by Ihmhi · · Score: 2, Funny

      Buying overpriced, shiny toys posing as computers isn't normal...

      . . . . . but on meth it is.

      MAC: Not even once.

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    2. Re:$35 Million Dollars by HungryMonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

      The actual lesson is: Criminals are bloody stupid. If I had $35 million worth of drugs in a place, I would avoid doing anything that could get the police into my place.

      Or like letting them in without a warrant. FTA:

      The officers didn't have a search warrant, so they knocked on the door of the apartment and asked the occupants for permission to come in. They consented, Tomkins said.

      But lets be honest, it's not that all criminals are stupid. The smarter ones are currently looking for the original owner of that iPad with some questons about those mp3's he has...

  2. So the iPad by clickclickdrone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Had found its way back to Apple HQ?

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  3. Re:Crime solved when Police do their job, News at by kelemvor4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait, you mean investigating actual crimes leads to discovery of other, actual crimes?

    SAY IT AIN'T SO

    I'm not sure theft of an ipad is really a "crime".. more like a "favor" in my opinion.

  4. Re:Crime solved when Police do their job, News at by Pieroxy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not sure theft of an ipad is really a "crime".. more like a "favor" in my opinion.

    No no, it is a crime. The damned Apple device sells like hot potatoes on eBay. Its theft represents big bucks lost !

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  5. Another win .... by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... in the war to stamp out addictive substances that are destroying our youth!

    And they found some meth as well.

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  6. This would be funny if it was lost in the owners.. by Nadaka · · Score: 4, Funny

    This would be funny if it was lost in the owners own apartment.

  7. Re:Crime solved when Police do their job, News at by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Well, it IS white, overpriced, pushed heavily by dealers, and addictive to the point where criminal activity starts over it. But it weighs more than an iPad. Easy to get confused, boys. Let's head back to the station."

  8. Re:Crime solved when Police do their job, News at by Runaway1956 · · Score: 3, Funny

    They sell hot potatoes on eBay? How do they stay hot until I get them? They must have some super high efficiency insulation to wrap them in!

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  9. Re:Crime solved when Police do their job, News at by Pieroxy · · Score: 4, Funny

    They sell hot potatoes on eBay? How do they stay hot until I get them?

    With Nathalie Portman!

    *realizes* Damn. Grits. It's hot grits, not potatoes...

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  10. Re:Crime solved when Police do their job, News at by BeerCur · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lets see I'll have that big bag of Meth over there, and here is the agreed price of a Million Dollars and an IPad.

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    It's not what your Sig can do for you, but what you can do for your for your Sig.
  11. 750 pounds? by david.given · · Score: 4, Funny

    750 pounds is 35 million dollars? Has the value of the dollar against the pound slipped again?