FYI Medieval solution still works

[Amata]

Back story:

Viral video: Smugglers ‘slingshot’ opium over Afghanistan-Pakistan border; netizens call it ‘resourceful ingenuity’ | Today News

This technique has been employed for years due to the border's challenging terrain and security measures, a Vice article noted.

www.livemint.com

A video of a group of men, allegedly smugglers, “slingshotting” opium over the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, is going viral on the Internet, and the netizens are impressed by the “ingenuity”.
In the viral video, three men can be seen pulling a large slingshot, which has a small packet attached to it, with all their strength. They then let the slingshot go, catapulting the packet to the other side.
It reportedly depicts a method of drug smuggling unique to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. This technique has been employed for years due to the border's challenging terrain and security measures, a Vice article noted.

 

[1337 h4x0r m0f0]

Whoa wait a minute.. people stil use opium products? I thought fentanyl and carfenanyl was all the rage these days. 🤷🏻‍♂️ the more ya know.

 

[Amata]

Whoa wait a minute.. people stil use opium products? I thought fentanyl and carfenanyl was all the rage these days. 🤷🏻‍♂️ the more ya know.

I don't know about other countries, but acc. to this report from 2023, Heroin is still the drug of preference in Europe:

Heroin and other opioids – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2023) | The European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA)

Heroin remains Europe’s most commonly used illicit opioid and is also the drug responsible for a large share of the health burden attributed to illicit drug consumption. Europe’s opioid problem, however, has evolved over the last decade in ways that have important implications for how we respond...

www.euda.europa.eu

 

[The anarchist]

To bad they don't sling it from Mexico to Texas😉 The Anarchist would be on the Texas side with a big ass net😂😂

 

[Savka Angel]

To bad they don't sling it from Mexico to Texas😉 The Anarchist would be on the Texas side with a big ass net😂😂

I would definitely be your back-up! I may be a girl but I know how to catch.🤣🤣🤣

 

[Savka Angel]

Genius idea! low maintenance too. Wait, where would you find a big rubber band?

 

[Gone crazy back soon]

It's not unique to their region. It is one of dozens of methods the Mexicans use to get drugs of all kinds across the American border. Their list includes cars, tires, commercial commodities, sling shot, drones, ultra light aircraft, aircraft, submarines, tunnels and just plan old fashioned walking the shit across to name a few

 

[Gone crazy back soon]

Genius idea! low maintenance too. Wait, where would you find a big rubber band?

They make bras big enough and with enough elastic to accomplish this

 

[Harumph]

Paki Postal Service. Don't ask them for a stamp. It gets lost in translation.

 

[savgbeast]

 

[DokraOwl]

Imagine the bungee breaking and smacking them, I'm sure it's happened. What'd be even funnier is if the guy was accidentally launched and he flew into the air like a cannon ball.

 

[Amata]

Genius idea! low maintenance too. Wait, where would you find a big rubber band?

Where they sell rubber bands for industrial use, I think.

 

[Grave_Inconsistency]

To bad they don't sling it from Mexico to Texas😉 The Anarchist would be on the Texas side with a big ass net😂😂

It's sometimes washes up on the beach where I live along with coke and drowned smugglers 😂👌

 

[dwdays]

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