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TIL in 1989, 20 tonnes of cocaine and $10 million in cash were seized from a warehouse in L.A. At the time, it was the largest drug seizure ever at a single location and it was unguarded with the door secured by a single $6 padlock. In today's money, it'd be worth over $4.7 billion.

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