Cocaine galore!

[sabang]

I wonder how many of these packages have not been handed in. I reckon it's made some people rich. Or happy.

"£7m of Colombia's finest washes up on Cornish beaches

· Suitcase sized packages worth £1m each
· Theory that they have floated from Caribbean

Frank Partridge is partial to a spot of beachcombing. He likes to pop down to Pentreath Beach on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall and find out what odds and ends have been washed in by the tide.
But rather than the usual hunks of weather-beaten wood and pieces of broken lobster pot, Partridge's latest expedition yielded a rather more valuable haul - a package of cocaine with a street value of more than £1m.

As a law-abiding citizen - and clerk of the local parish council - Partridge knew he had to had to prevent the drugs from falling into the wrong hands.
"I thought if I didn't take it, someone who might not go to the police would." So he dragged the 25kg (55lb) package off the beach and rolled it home in a wheelbarrow."

Such events have become almost routine in Cornwall. Within the last three weeks five similar hauls - more than £6m worth - have been discovered on the county's beaches.

Another big haul, worth more than £1.5m, washed up on a beach in north Wales and a single package, worth a mere £100,000 or so, was found in south Wales. "

Full article- Cocaine galore! £7m of Colombia's finest washes up on Cornish beaches | Society | The Guardian

Imagine finding a few million quids worth on a beach. What would you do?

[AntRobertson]

Imagine finding a few million quids worth on a beach. What would you do?

Build a really big sandcastle.


And then sniff it.

[Norton]

Does anyone know when the next direct flight BKK to Cornwall is? Think I have to go and make sure none of this stuff falls into the wrong hands.

[bkkmadness]

It wouldn't be going to the police that's for sure.

[sabang]

Does anyone know when the next direct flight BKK to Cornwall is? Think I have to go and make sure none of this stuff falls into the wrong hands.

Beachcombing has suddenly become very popular in Cornwall. Accomodation might be hard to find.

[bkkmadness]

Do they even have an airport in Cornwall?

[obsidian]

this thread makes my mouth water.

[Norton]

Beachcombing has suddenly become very popular in Cornwall. Accomodation might be hard to find.

Uhm..never thought of that. Going could be dangerous. Hotels are probably overrun with large Colombians recovering lost goods.

[Norton]

this thread makes my mouth water.

Nose itchy?

[Spin]

What would you do?

Make like Tony Montana.

[minime]

Imagine finding a few million quids worth on a beach. What would you do?

Buy a hoover

[daveboy]

Imagine finding a few million quids worth on a beach. What would you do?

break the alarm clock

[jizzybloke]

this thread makes my mouth water.

Nose itchy?

Numb gums!

[Marmite the Dog]

Do they even have an airport in Cornwall?

No, Bristol is the closest.

[flash]

Newquay and Plymouth are closer

[oldgit]

Plenty for all, it's all along the coast. sorry about small pic havn't cracked that yet.

[oldgit]

Is that better?

[kingwilly]

hmmm, i fancy a sudden trip to a crap part of the world.

[unkleblacky]

Count me in too.

I did some travelling in South and Central America and stayed on the Corn Islands just off the coast of nicaragua, the locals there are huge guys, they are called garifunas and had countless stories of stuff like this, as the route for the colombian smugglers is by speed boat up to San Andres island.

If there is a sniff of customs they just cut the ropes and lets the cola go, normally washing ashore on these islands, leading to a lot of the garifunas ending up wired a lot.

Needless to say i spent more time there than anticiapted.