cannabis cannon

[kiwi_farmer]

ByPaul Cockerton

 27 Feb 2013 17:00

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/cannabis-cannon-mexicali-drug-dealers-1733917

 

 

 

The cannabis cannon: Police find powerful device used to launch drugs over border fence

 

The powerful home-made launcher was made of a plastic pipe and a crude metal tank that used compressed air from the engine of an old car

 

http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1733902.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/A%20man%20holds%20up%20an%20improvised%20cannon%20that%20was%20confiscated-1733902.jpgBlast: A man holds up an improvised cannon that was confiscated

AP

This powerful home-made launcher was used to fire packages of cannabis over the United States border.

Cops in the Mexican city of Mexicali discovered the improvised device that fired cylinders packed with drugs that weighed as much as 30lb (13.6kg).

The cannon was made of a plastic pipe and a crude metal tank that used compressed air from the engine of an old car.

It was confiscated last week after U.S. officers told their Mexican counterparts they had been finding large numbers of marijuana packets near the border fence.

Mexican police have recovered a series of similar devices in recent years