Submit your comments on this article |
-Lurid Crime Tales- |
Over $1M worth of cocaine found hidden in banana boxes at Washington Safeway stores |
2019-08-24 |
[NYPOST] Officials in Washington state have opened an investigation after employees at three Safeway stores reported finding over $1 million worth of cocaine that was hidden in boxes of bananas. The contraband was first reported at a Safeway in Woodinville, about 20 miles northeast of Seattle, on Sunday, the King County Sheriff’s Office said. Employees were opening a box of bananas and found 22 kilos of cocaine ‐ the equivalent of over $550,000, according to Sherlocks. Later that day, employees at a Safeway in Bellingham ‐ in northwestern Washington, near the Canadian border ‐ found about Additional cocaine turned up in banana shipments at a Federal Way Safeway, but the total amount was unclear. The origins of the cocaine remained a mystery. "We do know it was all shipped from a central warehouse, but we don’t know where it originated yet, so that’s a work in progress," said Sgt. Ryan Abbott of the King County Sheriff’s Office. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was handling the investigation, he added. |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 In related news, There are reports of a run on cases of Banana's at Safeway stores in Washington State. I wonder if these Safeway stores were formally Albertson Stores a year ago. Our local Montlake Terrace Albertsons recently converted over to Safeway. I have't checked on their cases of banana's tho... |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2019-08-24 12:31 |
#2 wonder how many produce workers suddenly quit before they discovered the coke? |
Posted by: chris 2019-08-24 11:09 |
#1 "Come Mr Tally Man, tally me bananas. Daylight come and i high as a kite." |
Posted by: SteveS 2019-08-24 10:39 |