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$300,000 fish! - releaseit - 01-26-2004 Cocaine Found in Tropical Fish Cargo [url "http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95/*http://www.reuters.com"][/url] [size 2][/size] [size 2][/size] MIAMI (Reuters) - [font "arial"]U.S. customs officials seized $300,000 worth of liquid cocaine disguised as water in a shipment of live tropical fish from Colombia. [/font] [font "arial"] The U.S. Customs and Border Protection service said on Friday that 41.7 pounds of cocaine was packaged in plastic bags used to ship the fresh water decorative fish to Miami. "This appears to be a new trend in smuggling, using an old method which officers have not seen in many years," said the agency, part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The fish were packed in bags with three linings. The inner lining, containing the fish, was filled with water but the middle lining held a yellowish liquid that triggered the interest of a drug dog called "Rocky." In all, six bags in a shipment of the fish sent by cargo plane from Bogota tested positive for cocaine. [/font] [signature] Re: [releaseit] $300,000 fish! - tubeN2 - 01-26-2004 What will they think of next. It is hard to get that stuff by the dogs. They are too keen and very reliable. [signature] Re: [tubeN2] $300,000 fish! - JapanRon - 01-27-2004 Hi there TubeN2, How about hiding the drugs in some very popular doggie treats. I can just see it now. Handler says 'no no you can't have any treats right now'. Doggie is thinking 'no no the stuff is in here you idiot'[laugh][laugh][laugh] JapanRon [signature] Re: [JapanRon] $300,000 fish! - tubeN2 - 01-27-2004 Either that or they submit and give the dog a treat and watch him go round and round in circles for 20 minutes or so. [signature]