NationStates Jolt Archive

Yes, todays winner of the 'stupid news award' is an elite crime fighting squad in Bangladesh who hunted down a truckload of onions. Well done!

Source (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12355847-13762,00.html)

Elite police hunt onion-smugglers
From correspondents in Dhaka
February 24, 2005

MEMBERS of an elite crime-fighting squad in Bangladesh were deployed to seize a truckload of smuggled Indian onions after an anonymous tip-off, a report said.
Officers from the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), feared throughout the country after killing more than 100 alleged terrorists in "crossfire" incidents, found the onions in a truck near the border with India, the official BSS agency said.

The onions, worth around $US5000 ($6336), were discovered in the southwestern Satkhira district which borders India's West Bengal state.

Last year the RAB was called in to drive down the price of onions in markets after traders were accused of inflating prices. The traders staged a one-day strike in protest at the action.

The battalion, which is made up of police as well as members of the armed forces and paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles, was formed by the government as part of an initiative to reduce rising levels of crime.

Looks like you read the same articles I do :D

Wanna start an illegal onion smuggling ring?

I with it!

And here I thought it was a government death squad hunting down the staff of The Onion.

:D

of course as well all know, the onions were just the front for the real cargo: nuclear kill-everyone-except-vatican I-catholic bombs! That would prevent the black- jewish- nazi- communis-t liberal- muslim-athiest conspiracy from coming into fruition! (as forseen by SD) Cleanse the world with a single bomb!

Looks like you read the same articles I do :D

Wanna start an illegal onion smuggling ring?

We could be more origional... Ohh, I know! How about an onion ring smuggling rinbg?:D

We could be more origional... Ohh, I know! How about an onion ring smuggling rinbg?:D

Awesome!

And we're dealing with a manufactured product rather than the raw material. It's gotta fetch a higher price on the black market.

We can set up illegal onion ring processing plants in sheds and shanties across the country.

Awesome!

And we're dealing with a manufactured product rather than the raw material. It's gotta fetch a higher price on the black market.

We can set up illegal onion ring processing plants in sheds and shanties across the country.

This plan brings onion tears to my eyes! We're gonna be super-onion rich!:D

Awesome!

And we're dealing with a manufactured product rather than the raw material. It's gotta fetch a higher price on the black market.

We can set up illegal onion ring processing plants in sheds and shanties across the country.

And the only FBI you have worry about are Fries, Burgers and Ice cream.

:D

This plan brings onion tears to my eyes! We're gonna be super-onion rich!:D

We'd need to diversify, maybe muscle in on the banana fritters racket - I have contacts in the Caribbean who can hook us up with prime bananas but we'd probably have to deal with the Columbians for the batter.

We'd need to diversify, maybe muscle in on the banana fritters racket - I have contacts in the Caribbean who can hook us up with prime bananas but we'd probably have to deal with the Columbians for the batter.

We could probably sell some pineapples on the side to our elite clients, perhaps even elite cops would like some pineapple...

We could probably sell some pineapples on the side to our elite clients, perhaps even elite cops would like some pineapple...

Yup, gotta bribe the cops with the good stuff.