CNN wrote:Narcs nab drug-smuggling puppies
DEA: Dogs' bellies were cut open, heroin was placed inside
By Eliott C. McLaughlin
CNN.com
(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.
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. (Watch how the dogs became mules -- 1:18 )
"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."
What a terrible thing to do to dogs!
"If brute force is not solving your problems, you are obviously not using enough"
-Common Imperial Guard saying
"Scripture also says 'Render unto Caesar what Caesar demands.' And right now, Caesar demands a building permit,"
-County Commisioner Mike Whitehead to Dr. Dino
I've never been fond of torturing innocent things; killing an animal outright I am fine with, that being a prerequisite to much critical research, but loathe inflicting pain for no good reason. I feel the most sympathy for creatures that are capable of having feelings of trust and love for you, yet are too simple to understand why they've been hurt. I can almost anthropomorphize them thinking how happy they are to see their pack leaders and then...oh, they've been grabbed and cut and why is this happening, help me!
Bunch of motherfuckers.
Note: I'm semi-retired from the board, so if you need something, please be patient.
I am much the same as Lagmonster in this. People who intentionally torture animals to no purpose or something like these motherfuckers are on par with pedophiles, rapists and other such fuckers. I don't really see such assholes as human at all. They are vermin, at best. Though even that is being insulting to vermin like rats, cockroaches, lice and termites.
Edi
Warwolf Urban Combat Specialist
Why is it so goddamned hard to get little assholes like you to admit it when you fuck up? Is it pride? What gives you the right to have any pride?
–Darth Wong to vivftp
GOP message? Why don't they just come out of the closet: FASCISTS R' US –Patrick Degan
The GOP has a problem with anyone coming out of the closet. –18-till-I-die
OK, I think I'm going to go vomit now. Just glad they got the bastards.
"everytime a person is born the Earth weighs just a little more."--DMJ on StarTrek.com
"You see now you are using your thinking and that is not a good thing!" DMJay on StarTrek.com
"Watching Sarli argue with Vympel, Stas, Schatten and the others is as bizarre as the idea of the 40-year-old Virgin telling Hugh Hefner that Hef knows nothing about pussy, and that he is the expert."--Elfdart
These people are already fucked up, I don't know what we're going to get out doing medical experiments on them.
How about "crash test dummy" instead?
I first saw this story at work, and I couldn't believe how fucking sick some people are. I once helped care for a little puppy in Najaf. Iraqis don't make dogs a part of the family like we do, they throw rocks at them and attack them with sticks if they get close. But anyway, I think of the cute little puppies me and my fellow soldiers took care of over there, because it's really the only taste of home we've got on the other side of the planet, and to hear of someone doing something like this, I most sincerely vote that we repeatedly crash them into concrete walls at high speeds so that we have definitive proof about how hard the human body can impact a solid object without permanently deforming.
Gork the Ork sez: Speak softly and carry a Big Shoota!
