“It was hiding in the celery," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert Murphy. "Obviously, we threw away the celery. That didn’t make it to the store.”

  • MHLoppy
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    The agency had learned about a semitrailer coming across the Mexican border, and agents tracked the drugs to the farmers market, said DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert Murphy. The drugs were found inside the truck, he said.

    “This was contained in a cover load of celery,”

    So unfortunately not inside the celery itself, which would of course be significantly more fun :(

    • @[email protected]
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      Now I’m wondering if you could get celery to soak up a drug solution since it’s so watery, then extract the drugs again later

      • FuglyDuck
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        21 month ago

        Or serve as a vehicle for bioaccumulation.

        Mirepoix never was so amazing.

      • @subtext
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        11 month ago

        I’m just imagining ants on a log, but the peanut butter is meth

    • @[email protected]
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      131 month ago

      Pretty crazy that imported food is finding it’s way into a farmer’s market in the first place. My local farmers market is pretty stringent on what is allowed and eant proof that your produce or wares were produced within 100 miles of the city.

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        It was likely not the final selling point, just a convenient place with lots of trucks and people to blend into. May have had one guy with a stall, but it was more likely a place to split it into other shipments.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 month ago

      Meth sprinkled celery would be quite a reinventing of the traditional ‘ants on a log’ recipe, anyway

    • @Iheartcheese
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      41 month ago

      I’d like to return the headline please