Via the AP: Pot-firing catapult found at Arizona-Mexico border
The 3-meter (3-yard) tall catapult was found about 20 meters (20 yards) from the U.S. border on a flatbed towed by a sports utility vehicle, according to a Mexican army officer with the 45th military zone in the border state of Sonora.
The catapult was capable of launching 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of marijuana at a time, the officer said Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons.
Soldiers seized found 16 kilograms (35 pounds) of marijuana, the vehicle and the catapult device, the officer said.
The smugglers left the area before they could be captured.
This is both amusing and an illustration that drug traffickers are innovators.
It also underscores that a fence hardly solves the problems we face and that remote surveillance was the effective tool here, not the fence.
