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Seems optimistic to me. If you flush in rapid succession the reservoir has to fill again. I guess that a good flush requires, depending on circumstances, 20s of
by Bootvis 12y ago
Seems optimistic to me. If you flush in rapid succession the reservoir has to fill again. I guess that a good flush requires, depending on circumstances, 20s of refilling. That would lower the throughput significantly. Also, the suspect has to move the cocaine from hiding to the toilet. Sure, $20K is a lot of money but were not talking Pablo Escobar-like quantities here.
Edit: also clogging, not sure when this happens and not really willing to experiment.
- dllthomas 12y ago"not really willing to experiment." That would be an interesting use for all those seized drugs. I wonder if they do this.
- erroneousfunk 12y agoCocaine is far more water soluble than baking soda. Extremely, extremely water soluble -- about 2 grams of cocaine can dissolve in 1 ml of water (compare to baking soda: About .1 grams per ml of water) You can't clog a toilet by flushing cocaine.
- dllthomas 12y ago"You can't clog a toilet by flushing cocaine." At least, you can't afford to.
- Bootvis 12y agoBut you also have to get rid of the packaging. I was imagining dumping a package of cocaine, but that's stupid: at least opening the packaging would help with the clogging by letting the cocaine dissolve. Not sure what the packaging would do with the pipes and whether this only packaging holds up as evidence.