Current Events > Texans donate bananas to police force, turns out to be full of cocaine.

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Criminal justice authorities in Texas got more than they expected Friday when a local port donated 45 boxes of unclaimed bananas.

Underneath the fruit, the boxes contained nearly $18 million in cocaine, officials said.

Two pallets of bananas were donated to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), a statement from the department said.

The Ports of America in Freeport, 60 miles south of Houston, offered the fruit to the authorities because no one claimed them, Houston's KHOU-TV reported.

The bananas were donated due to being ripe, the TDCJ said, but two sergeants discovered "something not quite right" with the boxes.

When they opened one of the Dole boxes marked with "certified organic bananas," they found bundles containing a white powdery substance underneath the fruit, officials said. The substance tested positive for cocaine.

All told, officials uncovered 540 packages of cocaine worth nearly $18 million, according to the TDCJ.

FUll Article: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/22/banana-shipment-contained-nearly-18m-in-cocaine-authorities-say.html



Someone's getting killed over this
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Someone's getting killed over this

Heh thats exactly what I was getting ready to post
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Only 18 mill? No biggle.
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expected Florida, got India

Reis posted...

expected Florida, got India

It was Texas
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Kazi1212 posted...

Someone's getting killed over this

Heh thats exactly what I was getting ready to post

I figure since they went unclaimed the person who was supposed to claim them is already dead.
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Mexican cartel can lose 100 million in a day and won't even flinch, 18 million is like loose change they misplaced.
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There's always money in the banana stand.
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CountDog posted...

Mexican cartel can lose 100 million in a day and won't even flinch, 18 million is like loose change they misplaced.

Oh trust me, they care
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Pretty nice tip for the police
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