A cargo ship containing 30 tons of hash was set alight in the Mediterranean creating a massive drifting cloud of marijuana fumes. A group of smugglers set fire to their cargo ship to stop the Italian Finance police and Maltese police from gate crashing the party confiscating their hash.
MV Gold Star Smoking…..
The slightly charred and smoking MV Gold Star, was sailing under the Tanzanian flag, and had been monitored by police for 3 days before boats and aircraft were sent out to gate crash the party apprehend the ship. The ship’s nine-man crew then began to set fire to the cannabis concentrate before diving overboard into the sea.
As the Italian police escorted the smugglers to the cells, Giuseppe, with a big grin on his face, said: “Hey man, was that cool or what? Did you see all the big black kinda wavy smoke coming out of the ship, like pink elephants in da sky?” His partner replied: “ yeah man, this was the highest point of my career, like, way high man, way high.”
Pink Elephants in the sky, Crazy Man!
Despite several calls to the helicopter to tell them they were no longer needed, the helicopter continued to fly round in circles and an awful lot of giggling could be heard over the airways.
Hey dude copy you, going around for another sniff erh, look. Tee hee hee
A police spokesman could not be drawn on why the smugglers dived into the sea several miles from the nearest land; his only comment was: “It was very strange behaviour and we are trying to figure out what exactly made them do it”
The smoking ship was towed to the Sicilian port of Siracusa where people partied the night away the soggy smugglers are being held for questioning.
The people of Siracusa partied all night…..
One police officer lamented: “It took 3 showers and a lot of soap before Fleabag, the sniffer dog, would leave me alone”
Fleabag the sniffer dog
Englishman in Italy 
Ha ha ha, could be an idea for your bun fight… 🙂
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lol, better not.
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I’d like to see Mrs Sensible become Mrs Stoned 😉
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Won’t happen.. nope can’t see that happening 🙂
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I knew a California firefighter whose happiest time at work were the days after discovering an illegal plot of pot. Who knew controlled burning could be so fun?!
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🙂 30 tons they set alight…. Half the med would have a smile on it’s face
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Hilarious. Too bad! hahaha
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🙂
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is that taken from the latest edition of “Ganja Ganja Times”?
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yeah man.. sure is. 🙂
I stumbled across it on the Times of Malta website while I was checking on the latest news for the electric cable they laying to try and connect Malta to Sicily
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an electric cable to connect Malta to Sicily? is that like the Ponte di Messina? sounds like they’ve been smoking around that ship too…
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The Maltese are running out of electric, so someone had a bright idea, lets connect to ENEL in Sicily. Duh!!
I wrote a post about it a while ago. It is one of my fav posts because Joseph Muscat the Maltese Prime minister stuck a link to it on his facebook page 🙂
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yep I remember reading that post, looked like the colourful glass we use for mosaic….
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Thats it
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“Joseph Muscat the Maltese” sounds like a Pirate’s name
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cap’t sir
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Or the breeding name for a terrier
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Oh my. I really laughed as I read this post. The best part was after seeing the pic of Fleabag doing a yoga pose. I don’t know why the part of the Fleabag not leaving you alone was so funny.
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Yoga pose… Never thought of that
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I love watching all the firefighters and police standing around watching a pot field burn, they aren’t watching the fire they are getting their buzz on. And if homes are nearby, you know all the neighbors are experiencing a high as well. Love fleabag, perfect touch to the story.
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Was the skipper the lad on the costa Concordia?
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Absolutely hilarious!
Cheers!
Daniela
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Just found your blog, and I was in hysterics! Thanks for the laughs…
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Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed it. Remember it is all true. 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Dangerously Truthful Diary of a Sicilian Housewife and commented:
I’ve never re-blogged before, but this is just a masterpiece! Do have a good read of Pecora Nera’s blog, he is ALWAYS hilarious 🙂
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Oh, any post with a picture of an Airedale Terrier makes me giggle. They have such a marvelous sense of humor.
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I love them they are as mad as hatters, this is not my dog. I keep asking Mrs Sensible if I can have one, but to date she said one mad animal (ME) in the house is enough.
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Too funny. We have a ‘dale and he is barrels of fun. But he can be a handful!
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Excellent! Thanks for the giggles with my morning coffee! 🙂
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I saw the news report and fell about giggling, I knew I had to report it to my wordpress friends ASAP
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