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dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Falling price of cocaine forces drug traffickers to reuse narco-submarines, say Spanish police

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Falling price of cocaine forces drug traffickers to reuse narco-submarines, say Spanish police

www.theguardian.com

dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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Previously vessels would be sunk once they had completed their cargo runs from South America to Europe
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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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    The price of cocaine is dropping?

    …

    Can we make RAM out of cocaine?

  • 2910000@lemmy.world
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    I had only heard of the subs going to the US until now.
    It’s kinda crazy they’re crossing the Atlantic in those things, even crazier they’re doing round trips

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    economy is so bad, even cartels are forced to save

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      You joke, but nothing screams “bad days ahead for the American finance/real estate/tech sectors” like a sharp contraction in demand for nose candy

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        But with massive cocaine production leading to market saturation –

        This seems to be a supply-side effect. Also, the article is about the market in europe.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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          Market saturation reduces incentive to import, which leads to a decay in quality

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    Its wild that you can od on pure coke for less than the cost of 64gb of ram

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      A ball of 90% pure (tested myself) round me is about 200USD. A couple bumps gets me gakked for at least an hour. I could OD easily for about 100USD… that’s like 8GB of DDR4 or some shit hahaha

      • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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        A swear, if a kilo of coke can pass a round of memtest, we’ll be in business.

      • DeceasedPassenger@lemmy.world
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        Reality is often stranger than fiction. Lmfao appreciate your input

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    This is good, right? Fewer single-use narco-submarines being discarded?

    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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      Recycle, reuse!

    • dantheclamman@lemmy.worldOP
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      Unlike Coca-cola, these traffickers reuse their containers

      • 1D10@lemmy.world
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        If you find one on the beach you can return it for the deposit.

        • Nomorereddit@lemmy.today
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          What’s that Mr chainsaw man? Get in the car and we’re going for a ride? Whoopsie, guess finding that container wasn’t as lucky as I thought.

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        They are eco-conscious drug traffickers

    • Grimy@lemmy.world
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      They had me at cheaper cocaine.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        That’s just crack.

        Falling price of cocaine more often than not means you’re getting it stepped on a lot more. You’re not getting high quality for cheap.

        Enshitification came for the narcotics industry ages ago.

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    Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    Were they so wealthy they were just buying brand new narco-submarines every shipment? 🤔

    • dantheclamman@lemmy.worldOP
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      IIRC there is a whole industry that builds them custom, often out of fiberglass

      • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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        I was just making a joke, but I suppose it doesn’t even need to be manned. Just big enough to pack cocaine in and remote pilot or self-guide to a destinstion like a torpedo. And that could be cheap.

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          It’s also probably easier to just make a new one rather than send it back empty and risk your route being compromised or something. Twice the trips is twice the chance that something gets noticed.

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