Speaking of functional regions in class, turns out Virginia
is a node on a major cocaine distribution network.
600 million dollars
worth of cocaine (732 pounds) was seized by US customs agents at the port of
Norfolk, Virginia last December. It was in orange and grapefruit juice cans coming from Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean country that invented Calypso
music. The ultimate destination was supposed to be New York.
Cocaine comes from coca leaf which is grown in three countries: Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. However, drug cartels often take the leaves to remote areas of other neighboring countries to be processed into cocaine (a lengthy chemical process) and shipped.
DEA
in T&T to probe $.6b cocaine bust
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/DEA-in-TT-to-probe-6b-cocaine-bust-241030021.html
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