Intercept at Falcon Lake, 1969
‘At sunset, Customs agents, armed with shotguns, scour the darkening waters of Falcon Lake, looking for marijuana smugglers during Operation Intercept.’ Falcon Lake, Texas 1969
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Laotian Cannabis Market
“Woman buying marijuana at an open market in Laos. It cost $1.50 per kilo. She filled up her bag and then smuggled it into Thailand, where it was illegal.” Laos, undated
Marijuana Flambeau, 1978
United States Customs Agent sits on confiscated bales of Marijuana found on the ship the ‘Flambeau’ in the Florida Keys, 1978
Attempted Smuggling, 1926
‘A Chinese seaman being arrested at the port of New York for the ‘attempted smuggling’.’ New York, 1926
Jamaican Garden, 1973
Steve Lamb checking out a cannabis garden in Jamaica. Steve is one of a group of seven men known as the Steinhatchee Seven caught smuggling 9 tons of square grouper into Florida on a shrimp boat in ’73. Jamaica, Read More …
The Dirtbags of Dope Lake, 1976
“We underestimated the entrepreneurial spirit of certain members of the community” – Park Ranger Tim Setnicka Westbay, Briwell and Long after the first one-day ascent of the Nose, El Cap, Yosemite, CA 1975 The Dirtbags of Dope Lake An outlaw Read More …
Rio Seizure, 1967
‘Three bags containing marijuana seized at Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during the military dictatorship.’ October 4, 1967
Square Grouper, 1979
U.S. Custom Agents pose on fast boat filled bales of marijuana, Florida Keys, 1979 Catching the limit for Square Grouper…
Dope Suspect, 1951
“Dope suspect”, Rudy Lara (suspect); officer Steve Broadhurst and officer Rocky Lucarelli find bags of marijuana hidden in car seats. Los Angeles, California August 20, 1951
The Cowboy Smugglers, 1890
‘Los charros contrabandistas’ (The Cowboy Smugglers), 1890 dice game Gameboard for dice game of the ‘Cowboy Smugglers’ shows Mexican cowboys in charro outfits on horseback, lassoing the 64 spaces on the board. The accompanying text, upper right, provides the rules Read More …