Authorities seize catapult used to hurl pot into Arizona

[n2doc]

What will drug smugglers think of next?

In an industry that thrives on innovation, some enterprising Mexican marijuana runners went medieval on the border fence, using a catapult to hurl bricks of weed into Arizona, authorities say.

Grainy video from the Department of Homeland Security shows three men priming the throwing arm of the mechanism. Two of the men step away, and when the remaining man lets go, the catapult chucks its wares over the fence.

Various media reports claim the device was capable of launching about 4 pounds of pot (or, presumably, any substance).

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/27/authorities-seize-catapult-used-to-hurl-pot-into-arizona/?hpt=T2

[leftstreet]

1. LOL

[Abq_Sarah]

2. Clever

Very clever.

[Blue Owl]

3. That is one dope catapult!

n/t

[doc03]

4. When will they ever learn "when there is a will there is a way".

News flash President Obama, Prohibition failed, being from Chicago you should know that.

[Bigmack]

5. Hey.. aren't we looking for innovative people in the US? nt

[yellowcanine]

6. Shouldn't that be "potapult"?

[L. Coyote]

7. How high?

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. ah mythbusters comes to mind

and yes, it is shown down there...

:-)

No, I am not kidding.

[DBoon]

11. ah Monty Python comes to mind

and the Trojan rabbit!

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Nah that cultural reference will be completely missed

south of the border.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. That was my first thought too. "So they've been watching Discovery then!" lol.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. There IS an episode with exactly this scenario

replace people with drugs.

It is channel 305 in my mom's cable system, if I remember correctly. It is jarring to watch it dubbed by the way.

[Initech]

9. Guess this could literally be considered getting high.

[Kali]

10. its fucking coyote and roadrunner down here

really

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. I suppose it will be used with propaganda now instead of pot. -nt

[sarcasmo]

13. Legalize it and tax it! Our idiotic government new prohibition didn't work and started the War

on drugs. Another in a long line of taxpayer wastes of money. Legalize it and tax it and watch the tax revenue soar.

[Erose999]

17. Pic of said offenders: