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February 1, 2008

Friday Squid Blogging: Cocaine Smuggled in Giant Squid

This link is from 2004, but still....

Peruvian police say they have seized nearly 1,540 pounds (700 kilograms) of cocaine hidden in frozen giant squid bound for Mexico and the United States.

Posted on February 1, 2008 at 4:22 PM • 9 Comments • View Blog Reactions

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Comments

Gives a new meaning to the term "Cavity Search"...

Posted by: Carlo Graziani at February 1, 2008 4:42 PM

... or covert channel.

Posted by: anonymous canuck at February 1, 2008 5:08 PM

What is it with you and squid, Bruce? Were you traumatized by a dish of calimari as a child?

Posted by: maupassant at February 2, 2008 1:07 AM

frozen coke pops were a treat when we were young kids. Now!!!

Posted by: Anonymous at February 2, 2008 10:18 AM

At last! You've managed to combine security and squid in the same post. Now if you could only find university studies of the mathematical ability of cephalopods and how schools of them might be harnessed to break cipher.

Posted by: Ari Maniatis at February 2, 2008 9:09 PM

@ maupassant
> What is it with you and squid, Bruce? Were
> you traumatized by a dish of calimari as a child?

Nah, he calculates that squid have the best chance of finding vulnerabilities in *fish.

Posted by: RonK at February 3, 2008 12:59 AM

In the uk, that would have a street value of 28 million squid.

Posted by: Dr Octopus at February 3, 2008 6:22 AM

Pooh. We don't get to see the actual squid.

Posted by: Terry Cloth at February 5, 2008 4:01 PM

we always hade coke popsicles in the summer when i was younger

Posted by: anonymous at February 28, 2008 9:49 AM