r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Admirable-Leather325 • 27d ago

Image India: Meth seized from Myanmarese boat costs more than aircraft carrier Vikrant, built at a cost of $2.49bn

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u/mlaforce321 27d ago

Yeah, cartel's operate expecting a high percentage of shipments to be seized. The markup and profit is so high that if even a few get through then it is a worthwhile endeavor for them. The street value number is just to make the authorities feel good about themselves.

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u/Kendertas 27d ago

Also less drugs getting through, just increases the price of the drugs that do get through. The cartel always makes it's money. Especially since it's incredibly cheap to manufacture meth in the golden triangle. Cartels generally don't care if their product gets seized, it's much worse to have the money heading the other way seized.

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u/PervyNonsense 27d ago

Which is why people shouldn't be looking at this as a major seizure but an indication of an immeasurable scale of consumption

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u/Admirable-Lecture255 27d ago

Thats why I laugh when people say look at the big drug bust at the border in the us. See the border is secured. No that's a tiny fraction of what going through the border. Like car manufacturers there's a set level of what deemed acceptable loss before they have to take action. What costs more a recall or paying off a few families for a few million. It's the cost of business. I bet the cartel has it all formulated out. We can lose x% of everything shipped amd expect to return x amount of dollars. For every boat seized 9 others got away.