Alex Johnson – Journalist at Large

An analog journalist in a digital world

Why I Love Local News: Smugglers catapult pot over border fence

with one comment

“Smugglers using a catapult to launch marijuana across the border were observed on a remote video surveillance system, and National Guard troops coordinated with Mexican authorities to disrupt the far-flung operation.”

(Actually, that’s a trebuchet, but you try to verbize “trebuchet.”)

Full story and video (KVOA-TV of Tucson, Ariz.)

Written by Alex

January 26, 2011 at 4:26 pm

Posted in Police Blotter, Why I Love Local News

Tagged with , , ,

«
»

One Response

Subscribe to comments with RSS.

  1. […] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Allison Carlton, Alex Johnson. Alex Johnson said: Why I Love #Local News: Smugglers catapult pot over border fence. http://wp.me/pNz4S-eB #blotter […]

    Tweets that mention Why I Love Local News: Smugglers catapult pot over border fence « Alex Johnson – Journalist at Large -- Topsy.com

    January 26, 2011 at 4:47 pm

    Reply

Leave a comment