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In 1985, drug traffickers unloaded 40 canisters of cocaine from an aircraft over Tennessee due to the plane being too heavy. Three months later, law enforcement officers discovered the containers and a deceased black bear that had ingested 75 pounds of the narcotic. Its stomach was completely filled with cocaine.

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In 1985, drug traffickers unloaded 40 canisters of cocaine from an aircraft over Tennessee due to the plane being too heavy. Three months later, law enforcement officers discovered the containers and a deceased black bear that had ingested 75 pounds of the narcotic. Its stomach was completely filled with cocaine.

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