The Skunk Vs. The Shark

For years people have referred to marijuana as the skunk. Now, apparently there is the shark. Mexican authorities intercepted a drug shipment containing more than one tonne of cocaine hidden in...wait for it... frozen sharks. Brings new meaning to the words frozen fish sticks.

Side Bar: It's a good thing the sharks were dead. Can you image a shark on cocaine.

Cocaine seized in dead sharks

DRUG smugglers stashed more than a tonne of cocaine in the carcasses of frozen sharks. Mexican naval officers found slabs of cocaine inside more than 20 sharks aboard a freight ship.

X-ray machines and sniffer dogs helped to uncover the haul in the Gulf coast port of Progreso in Yucatan state. Mexican Navy Commander Eduardo Villa said: "We are talking about more than a tonne of cocaine that was inside the ship. "Those in charge of the shipment said it was a conserving agent but after checks we confirmed it was cocaine."...

http://www.thesun.co.uk