c/pulse_of_truth · by lemmydev2@infosec.pub · 1y

DEA Officer Who 3D-Printed Cocaine Gets 17 Years in Prison

https://gizmodo.com/dea-officer-who-3d-printed-cocaine-gets-17-years-in-prison-2000557604

The former Fed stole evidence and replaced it with a brick he made with a computer.

29 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world

11 Comments

thrawn21@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Ugh, obnoxious click bait title had me wondering how the hell can cocaine be printed. The guy didn't "3D print cocaine," he printed a paper weight and tried to pull an Indiana Jones swap.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y

Like a good DEA agent, he did sprinkle a little real coke on the fake coke to frame it tho

paraphrand@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

3D printed cocaine is exactly what AGI will give us. It’s basically the only thing all the accelerationists are after.

Ithi@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

At least the post description here pretty much says that (unless it was edited?).

Shitty title from shitty news site though.

IllNess@infosec.pub · 20 pts · 1y

Real title: DEA Officer made over $420k in 5 years as a drug dealer. Gets 17 years in prison.

paraphrand@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

In one of the more bizarre schemes, Hickox stole a kilogram of cocaine from an evidence locker and replaced it with a brick he’d made in a 3D printer. He sprinkled the fake brick with real cocaine in an attempt to make it look real. This is the drug-stealing equivalent of a teenager bulking up their bed with stuffed animals in the hope their parents don’t notice they’ve snuck out.

🤣

Aggravationstation@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

In court, Hickox said this was a Breaking Bad situation. He’d gotten a cancer diagnosis and that he was worried about leaving money behind for his family after he died.

Walter Shite

Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 1y

Super sad it came to that

BlazarNGC@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y

Protect and serve. 🫡

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

You can do that??

Zozano@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

No(t yet)

kerntucky@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 1y

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