Three drug smugglers had to be rescued ...
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| Columbian Cocaine Smugglers ..... |
... after the trio's boat had sunk in the high seas, forcing them to use their cocaine packs as floaties.
When they were rescued, after being stranded at sea for at least three hours, they were found to be floating on 1.2 tonnes of cocaine off Colombia's coast. Tests confirmed that the packs contained 1,265kg of cocaine hydrochloride. The trio were charged with drug trafficking and manufacturing narcotics.
The Colombian Constitutional Court has made it clear that possession of a personal usage dose of any drug is decriminalized (up to 1 gram of cocaine—and up to 20 grams of marijuana), but the penalties for non personal amounts, such as 1.2 tonnes, is very severe. Convicted offenders can expect long prison sentences, under harsh conditions, with significant expense and great hardship for themselves and their families.
They may wish that they had drowned ....
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