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...plot takes its inevitable twists, through bars, bust-ups and lusts, and crashes in for a sappy finish. Absurdities crop up, but are short-lived. The tradition of tortured humor fizzles. But the foam bobs...
...began Operation Primavera, the latest effort by Colombian authorities to destroy the massive cocaine-processing industry that thrives under the green canopy of the country's jungles. By the time the ten-day campaign ended last week, Operation Primavera had become the most successful bust of coke labs in Colombian history, netting a total of 26 plants capable of producing 6.6 tons of the addictive white powder a week. Though the plants never achieved that level of production, the potential output is about three times the demand of the U.S. market. Boasted a senior police official: "This is a bullet...
...stings have infiltrated a smuggling ring that exported falcons to Saudi royalty; a backwoods guide service that killed black bears for their gall bladders, which were then exported to Japan as aphrodisiacs; and a renegade group of Native Americans who illegally trafficked in eagle feathers. This winter's major bust, called "the Texas Waterfowl Operation," & climaxed a three-year investigation that exposed rampant disregard for laws governing the hunting of ducks and geese...
...caught violating the law by an undercover agent. One hunter remarks nervously, "If I were Blaien, I'd get after the guide that got him in trouble." Hearing this, Leach tells them, "Blaien's got his own problems," and notes that this is only part of a big federal bust. Ray Brite, a U.S. deputy marshal, eases the tension by telling awful jokes...
With Friermood safely packed off to Houston for arraignment on misdemeanor and felony charges, Leach heads down the road to check on another bust before returning to Houston to face the mountain of paperwork that accompanies an operation of this magnitude. Leach, Gavitt and the other agents gravitate to their jobs because of the sense of accomplishment they get from protecting America's vanishing wildlife. "I used to feel uncomfortable about making friends with people and busting them, but I'm not out to cause people trouble; I'm here to protect wildlife," says Leach. Gavitt notes that many people...