Flying High: Cannon Fires Cans Filled With Marijuana Across Mexican Border

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Flying High: Cannon Fires Cans Filled With Marijuana Across Mexican Border

By Mark Memmott

Published December 12, 2012 at 12:47 PM MST

They flew in from Mexico: Cans of marijuana found in a field near Yuma, Ariz.

Last year, to get pot into the U.S.

Now, they recently discovered 30 large cans of marijuana in a field near Yuma, Ariz., 鈥� and that the barrels apparently landed there after being fired from a pneumatic-powered cannon 500 feet away in Mexico.

The pot totaled about 85 pounds and "was valued at $42,500," .

In other smuggling news, "Spanish authorities say they have arrested a Panamanian woman arriving at Barcelona airport with 3 pounds of cocaine concealed in breast implants," .

The Panamanian woman was picked up at the airport in Barcelona.

So, it seems, we have two cases of flying high.

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