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muriel_volestrangler

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12. I'd guess it's typically sealed in watertight bags for an ocean journey

Reply to slightlv (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:57 PM

Dec 5

The solid is about 1.1 times the density of water, as a "rough estimate": https://www.chemicalbook.com/ChemicalProductProperty_US_CB9496321.aspx

So as a powder, even with close packing, I would expect a bundle to be slightly less dense than water, so it might float, just. But the idea of the bundles being enough to keep the boat afloat after it had been broken in half (real buoyancy needs to be well strapped to a boat) so that someone can salvage the lot and proceed with it over a thousand miles to the USA - silly.

Not that being in possession of cocaine would have justified killing them. It's extrajudicial murder, and a crime.

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