| Author | Message | ||
     Xodot |
While I don't like to see people get hurt doing their jobs, I have to admit to mixed emotions about this article: Toronto Star - From beyond where the moon sparkled on the river came the sound of a high-powered motorboat. The engine throttled back for an instant, as if waiting for a signal. Then the big outboard kicked to life, and headed into shore where its cargo was scooped into a waiting SUV. Only moments later, both the SUV and the boat had disappeared into the night. So goes the cat-and-mouse game played out nightly - and occasionally during the day - on the St. Lawrence River in the Cornwall, Ont., region, pitting contraband cigarette smugglers against the RCMP customs and excise division. "Because the smugglers are operating on the water with no lights, we've had a guy killed on a Sea-Doo when he hit a boat going north with cigarettes and he was coming south with marijuana. It's crazy," said Sgt. Michael Harvey, spokesman for the RCMP Cornwall detachment. The water highway between Akwesasne Mohawk territory and Cornwall is the main source of cheap, illegal cigarettes entering Canada. ...Work place hazards? | ||
| Etennuly |
Wow. That is special!  | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
ha ha! Sounds like some heavy traffic there! | ||
| Drkside79 |
Screw the cigs reserve those waterways for pot only!!!!  | ||
| Augustus74 |
Crazy Canadians! | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
All I have to worry about is Sexual Harassment. |
