From: [l--w--s] at [aera8700.mitre.org] (Keith Lewis)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.drugs
Subject: Re: Customs Jerks Screw Up Big Time
Date: 1 Nov 1993 14:20:28 GMT

[j--r--y] at [teetot.acusd.edu] (Jerry Stratton) writes in article <[1993 Oct 30 190646 15231] at [teetot.acusd.edu]> dated Sat, 30 Oct 93 19:06:46 GMT:
>[b--r--e] at [rcf.rsmas.miami.edu] writes:
>> Two U.S. Customs powerboats - giving demonstration rides to Miami
>>riding on one of the 35foot, 800- horsepower drug interdiction
>>Cigarette boats, said the boats were running crisscrosses.
>
>Cigarette boats? Is this a generic name for the boats, or an official
>name?

The name, of course, comes from the <gasp> smuggling business.  Runners used
to buy the fastest boat available and simply outrun government chasers when
carrying untaxed cigarettes.  These days, the term just refers to a class of
boats.

It would be ironic if that was the official DEA designation...

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