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Nearly 600 pounds of cocaine found hidden in banana shipment (www.cbsnews.com)
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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

Diesel fuel is sometimes used as a solvent during the extraction and processing of cocaine from coca leaves. Traces can remain in the final product. Maybe that's why they labelled them like that. Just a wild guess tho