DEA DISTRIBUTES COKE FOR FLOOD FIGHT

Drug Enforcement Agents fill sandbags

New Orleans (WPI) - Agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency donated thousands of kilos of seized cocaine for use in sandbags in anticipation of severe flooding from hurricane Katrina.

“Cocaine sand bags have several advantages,” explained Chip Ceptome, Director of Emergency Services for New Orleans. “When they get wet they harden like rock. Once they’re in place, they stay there.”

Truckloads of seized coke were shipped in by dump truck from storage facilities outside Washington, DC.

Clevon Knowes, supervising DEA agent for the project, said that this was a valuable use for the contraband. “This stuff has been piling up for years. It’s very difficult to burn, you can’t flush it down the sewers. This puts the stuff to good use. It’s cheaper for the taxpayer too.”

New Orleans Parish prisoners have assisted the DEA in assembling the sandbags. “I’ve been working for fifteen hours straight,” said Lester Bloode, awaiting sentencing for marijuana possession, “I’m a little numb but I feel pretty good.”