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Authorities Say Mexican Drug Smugglers Shooting Drugs Over Border with T-Shirt Cannons

By DAILY MAIL

Credit: � USBP

Mexican drug smugglers attempted to get more than 80lbs of marijuana into Arizona by launching the drugs inside soup cans using a pneumatic cannon.

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    A concerned citizen alerted Border Patrol agents after discovering more than 30 large cans in a plowed field near County 22nd and the Colorado River.

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December 12, 2012 Updated Dec 12, 2012 at 1:28 PM PDT

U.S. Border Patrol agents have seized more than 30 cans filled with marijuana that were lunched by Mexican drug smugglers over the border fence into Arizona using a cannon.

Authorities say 33 cans of pot were spotted Friday in a field near where the Colorado River crosses the U.S.-Mexico border. They believe the cans were propelled about 500 feet into the U.S. from a pneumatic-powered cannon similar to the ones used to launch T-shirts.

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