Puppies Smuggling Drugs
 

This is so sad :cry:


(CNN) -- A two-year investigation into a Colombian heroin ring netted more than 65 pounds of drugs, resulted in the arrests of more than 20 people and saved the lives of some drug-smuggling Labrador retrievers, the Drug Enforcement Agency said Wednesday.

Ten wayward pups were found during a raid on a Colombian farm in 2005, and six of them were carrying more than 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) of liquid heroin in their stomachs, said DEA spokesman Rusty Payne.

Puppy smugglers are another take on the human "mule," or "swallower" in DEA parlance -- someone who ingests packets of drugs and transports them in their stomachs.

The puppies, however, had little say in the matter.

In the case of the puppies found during the 2005 raid, the dogs' bellies had been cut open, and heroin packets were stitched into their stomachs, Payne said. The pups, mostly purebred Labrador retrievers, were sewn back up and prepared for shipment to the United States, he added.

"The organization's outrageous and heinous smuggling method of implanting heroin inside puppies is a true indication of the extent that drug dealers go to make their profit," said Special Agent in Charge John Gilbride in a written statement.

Though the 10 dogs were rescued before being shipped, it wasn't enough to save all of their lives.

"Three of the six died of infection when the drugs were removed," Payne said, adding that four other puppies "were going to be used and obviously were saved."

Payne said the DEA did not announce its find after the raid because the investigation was still ongoing, but Wednesday, the two-year probe yielded 18 search warrants in six Colombian cities and landed the latest of 21 arrests, all Colombian nationals. Another arrest was made during the investigation in North Carolina, said DEA spokeswoman Erin Mulvey.

In addition to the arrests, the investigation led to 14 heroin seizures, totaling 24 kilograms (52.8 pounds), and a seizure of 6 kilograms (13.2 pounds) of cocaine.

The investigation began after agents learned of a cartel in Medellin, Colombia, that was smuggling drugs along the eastern seaboard from Miami, Florida, to New York City.

The cartel also used human couriers, the DEA said in a statement, and shipped the heroin in "body creams, aerosol cans, pressed into bead shapes, and sewn into the lining of purses and double-sided luggage."

No, puppy killing is justified, because cocaine is a native crop that most Columbians have to grow to make their bread and butter and feed their little children... Because the flippin druglords, who quite literally run the country, more than likely won't let people make a living off any other profession! :x We'd hire ninjas to go after em and put them all behind bars for life -- but that would be "unethical.":roll:

In the meantime, all I can do is feel sorry for the poor animals. At least they were puppies, and not babies... :(

Jeez... that literally made me sick to my stomach. That's absolutely horrible, though I've heard of thise being done before.

I hope they do something even more horrible to those monsters to punish them... And not just let them sit in jail. They should suffer like those poor defenseless animals did. More than, actually, since the poor puppies were victims and had no choice or chance.

How about putting some heroin packets in *their* stomaches that disolve with water, then make them drink up ;).

Seriously, sick sick people.

I just love how you people can justify torture and death penalties within seconds.

Sure, they were puppies and they were used to carry drugs and died, which is indeed horrible. But when you kill off a farmer (because it's the right thing to do blahblah) you don't do anything. You're not stopping drugshipping, you're not stopping people from taking drugs, you're not saving a single puppy. But at least you killed off a farmer, and that's the right thing to do.

Unfortunately, animal protection groups can't do anything against that, but hopefully, now that they've exposed this way of shipping, the senders will think of something new.

I have to agree with anarky.. Death isnt the anwser. Maybe America should worry more about the people who use those drugs. No demand. No supply. Its just that simple.

Absolute pieces of ****. Why would anyone do that?

actually, i was thinking more along the lines of "wow, wouldn't it be fun to see what would happen if that was applied to a human...?" then anything.

mix that with a knee-jerk reaction, and presto, you have gwgtrunks being an idiot ;)

Nasty. Those people will use anything just to get that stuff through. :dead:

I saw an episode of CSI or Law and Order or something, where they essentially shoved diamonds up a horse's butt to smuggle them. Didn't end well for the horse, either.

Actually I was thinking more cut them open with little anaestithia (sp?) and putting in a bag or two of stuff with a hole in it, to give it them a bit.

And no, I'm not joking. I'm an eye for and eye kinda gal. Especially, you know... when they prey on some poor defenseless animals.

Yeah, f*ck that.

I'm of the mindset that if you're going to be a complete worthless pr*ck who pulls off sh*t like that, you deserve to die. I don't care. I don't care if they have families and little kids or whatever. They're sick. People like that don't deserve to live.

... *dies*

Those basterds deserve to rot in hell.

I'm not usually the one who says 'violence isn't always the answer', or 'violence is the answer' to problems, but right now I want to murder whoever had the idiotic idea to do such a spineless and crule thing. I love dogs, and I'm an animal lover. Take that story and get me to read it, and that gets me pretty mad and ranting on and on like I'm doing now about how the people behind all of this should have five years+ in jail. Dogs are living creatures, as are humans. They feel pain. They feel emotion. They feel discomfort. They were not put on this earth to be stuffed with drugs in their stomaches

*salutes you both*

Two of the best comments I've ever read :)

I think you should all die for killing countless insects.

Insects are not that cute.

This discussion reminds me of one of Perry Bible Fellowship's strips:

http://70.86.201.113/imageserv2/temp...veDecision.jpg

My point exactly.

But, hey, people here are all "eye for an eye", so they should realize that they'd have to go all the way and get themselves killed asap, because they've taken numerous lives in their life. Or they realize that they're being hypocrites.

Well I'm safe then. I like little bugs and I bottle them and take them outside instead of killing them. :)

I have serious doubts that you never killed an insect. Every human being has killed an insect, even if it's just squashed on the windshield.

Excuses don't work here, Jo. Eye for an eye, all the way.

Do you have to be the voice of constant nagging on every single issue? Just knock it off, even if it's for a day.

I make no excuses. Well, have I never killed a bug? Well sure I have. But I conciously try NOT to. That's the difference. Their intentions were purely selfish and evil and they should be rewarded in kind.

Plus, there's a world of difference between accidentally squishing a bug and cutting open puppies to import drugs.

I don't think they wanted to kill the dogs. They wanted them to live, because no one wants to import dead animals. If some died, it was an accident. Same goes for a bug on a windshield. You don't want to kill it, but it was in the wrong place at the wrong time. And killing a bug isn't selfish? You know that it could happen when you drive your car, but you still use your car so that you get from A to B. The bug dies a useless death, just like the drug-puppies.

So unless you can prove that they wanted to export dead puppies, you should be thrown on a windshield because you're all "eye for an eye".

EDIT: My point is that I see no reason at all that justifies torturing and/or killing a human being. No matter what they did. And "Eye for an eye" is one of the most stupid penalty-systems ever because of numerous reasons.