All This Is That: Lopsided barter: a $160,000 diamond for a gram of marijuana

Monday, October 20, 2014

Lopsided barter: a $160,000 diamond for a gram of marijuana

Illustration by Jack Brummet, story from The Smoking Gun

Walter Morrison, 20, a United Parcel Service baggage handler at the Phoenix's airport, was hoping to find envelopes of cash and planned to steal random parcels, but then he stumbled upon ca package containing a diamond (later found to be worth about $160,000). Police recovered the diamond and charged him in September. Morrison said he traded the diamond to a friend for a gram of marijuana (worth $20, retail). [The Smoking Gun, 9-26-2014]

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