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[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 201 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

Federal police are still investigating whether the aircraft was involved in drug trafficking

Um....

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 97 points 23 hours ago

finally an article that's oniony beyond the headline

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 77 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Maybe it was just for personal use

[–] Kraiden@piefed.social 40 points 21 hours ago

Musk's personal stash

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 23 points 20 hours ago
  • Kash Patel on Epstein trafficking girls
[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like a whole weeks supply. He’ll be devastated

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 16 points 22 hours ago

It was headed to a Coca-Cola factory. They are adding it back along with real cane sugar.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago (3 children)
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[–] ileftreddit@piefed.social 167 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

I remember when a business jet packed to the gills with cocaine crashed and when they investigated, it turned out to be owned by a CIA shell company and previously used to shuttle people to Guantanamo for torture after an extraordinary rendition

https://asnc.flightsafety.org/wikibase/321868

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 59 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I thought no fucking way they found over 7000lb of cocaine on a little business jet but yeah, that Gulfstream could probably barely take off with that much on board. That's one badass airframe.

[–] BillBurBaggins@lemmy.world 24 points 19 hours ago

Maximum payload is 1.5t but the fuel payload is 12t so 3t of cocaine barely scratches it

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 10 points 18 hours ago

Hi aplane, I'm dad.

[–] primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus 9 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Oh my god still? Cocaine isn't cool anymore. Fent is more profitable to move. What the hell? Was The Deserter right?

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 10 hours ago

Wow, the CIA sure is serious about ~~fueling their parties~~ INVESTIGATING DRUG LORDS

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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 97 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Well there goes Elon's Doordash. Definitely not getting that $10 tip now.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 69 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This is ridiculous.

Elon never tips.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 20 points 13 hours ago

Not entirely true, he'll tip if you carry his baby to term. Sometimes he'll even tip in horses.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 53 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Phew, at least the SpaceX branded ketamine got through.

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 52 points 23 hours ago

Guess Elon's weekly shipment will be late. Probably scrambling to replace it off the streets like some kind of nose-mounted vacuum cleaner.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 41 points 10 hours ago

oh no, Elon's weekly supply!!

[–] Jojowski@sopuli.xyz 37 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Wow! I wonder what will happen to those 178kgs of cocaine they found!

[–] ne0phyte@feddit.org 28 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It wouldn't even surprise me if some of the 150kg of cocaine went missing.

[–] frittoBee@lemmy.world 20 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Someone really ought to take care of the 120 kg of cocaine.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

80 kilos of cocaine is quite a lot, it really should be disposed of safely.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

good thing 40 kilos is exactly what fits in the evidence room

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 13 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Now, to find out who was going to receive those 20kg of cocaine

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[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 36 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I wonder if it's a joke label or not

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 54 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (5 children)

Some drug traffickers use existing brands to "market" themselves.

Here's some Afghan heroin seized and destroyed by the international coalition on the Arabian Sea in 2021:

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[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 20 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

Id ride in a bently, I wouldnt ride in a spacex or tesler

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[–] dumbass@aussie.zone 13 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Any other company and I'd probably go yeah, the dealers did that, but I wholeheartedly believe Tesla has a cocaine manufacturing department.

[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 16 hours ago

This one being fake doesn't prevent a real one from existing.

[–] 69420@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

I only get that Johnny Chimpo branded stuff. It's Afghanistanimation!

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[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 14 points 20 hours ago

It's real. I used to buy Nike brand ecstasy all the time.

If you have a Nike store in your town, I recommend you go in and ask for the triple stacks.

[–] hogmomma@lemmy.world 33 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Blackdoomax@sh.itjust.works 30 points 11 hours ago

How do they know it's a fake spaceX packaging? Seems legit to me.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 29 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That’s this cursed timeline’s equivalent of Mitsubishi MDMA pills

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago

Fuck yeah my guy! You brought back memories...

[–] Envy@fedia.io 20 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Musk ain't getting shit done anytime soon

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 14 hours ago

Let's hope so!

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[–] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago

Plane full of drugs crashes. Police are still investigating if it was involved in drug trafficking... what?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago

Musk switching away from Ketamine?

[–] Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz 10 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

MDMA pills are often branded with various logos from all sorts of companies and IPs (without permission, of course), so I imagine it was something similar to that.

collapsed inline mediaa pile of "Orange Teslas" MDMA pills

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

Foreshadowing for the next launch.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

How much of the product was in the pilot's system?

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

I love how they have to note it was "fake space x packaging." I don't believe that for a second. This was probably elons weekend stash and he is going to be quite upset.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 5 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

It can be one of three scenarios IMO:

A: Elon is being particularly dumb and actually produced and distributed drugs with his logo.

B: The Trump Regime created and planted these drugs to manufacture a reason to prosecute Elon.

C: Some drug distributor is a huge fan of SpaceX, or wants to deflect investigation away from their other operations.

...the world being the way it is, all three seems pretty damn plausible to me. 😕

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