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Fri 1 Jul, 2005 04:10 pm
Oh
My
God
Record Pot Bust
Ohio state troopers finds millions of dollars worth of the drug during a traffic stop.
PIQUA, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio State Highway Patrol has made the largest marijuana bust in its history.
Troopers arrested two California men for allegedly possessing $7 million worth of the drug.
The two men were in a Freightliner tractor-trailer yesterday morning on Interstate 70 in Preble County, about six miles east of the Ohio-Indiana border. Authorities say the truck was traveling at excessive speeds.
A drug-detecting dog alerted troopers to the possibility of an illegal substance. Troopers allegedly found more than 3,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in the back of the truck.
The two men are being held at the Preble County Jail. They are scheduled to appear in court today. If convicted, they could face up to nine years in prison and up to a $17,000 fine.
From Toledo Channel 13 News
The local NPR station just stated that the Highway Patrol has reported the truck was carrying 3,100 pounds of marijuana. Now ask yourself--you've got more than a ton and a half of herb in the back of your truck, and you start speeding down the highway . . . WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ? ! ? ! ?
They must have been stoned.
Was it Cheech and Chong in the cab ?
I love it: Two guys speeding on an interstate in a truck full of weed. The perfect crime, it wasn't...
"Hey, dude, do you hear sirens?"
"No way. You're just paranoid. Pass me the bong!"
Heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee . . .
It sure does sound like Cheech and Chong, doesn't it?
D'art, this leads me once again to observe that crime usually doesn't pay because of the caliber of the people who go into the profession.
I'm glad it isn't merely a local custom to drive recklessly with illegal cargo.
No, Miss Noddy, here in Ohio, folks drive recklessly with or without an illegal cargo--they're flexible.
Setanta wrote:..this leads me once again to observe that crime usually doesn't pay because of the caliber of the people who go into the profession.
Can we turn that into a poster for crime prevention?
Good one.... :wink:
i love this part: "Troopers allegedly found more than 3,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in the back of the truck. "
how do you hide 3,000 pounds of anything in the back of a truck? must have been tough!
Driving around in a truck loaded with a lifetime supply of pot...that is pretty much my definition of heaven on earth.
How about this for a poster?
Where'd you dig up that guy, Reyn?
I can think of some good poster boy candidates . . .
Crime does not pay. More than 90% of dope dealers live at home with their mothers.
According to legend a congressman from one of our Great Southern States was heard to exclaim, "What this country needs is a better class of criminal."
This was well before white-collar crime became fashionable.
kickycan wrote:Driving around in a truck loaded with a lifetime supply of pot...that is pretty much my definition of heaven on earth.
Not when your dumb ass gets pulled over.
Reminds me of a movie I can't remember the title of. These three guys in italy do a break in... - there was an american version of it sometime later.
(splaaaattttt!)
dagmaraka wrote:i love this part: "Troopers allegedly found more than 3,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in the back of the truck. "
how do you hide 3,000 pounds of anything in the back of a truck? must have been tough!
That's not really much for a Freightliner.
Too bad they didn't have an accident.
Given the location and route, that coulda been my assignment on Monday morning!
eoe wrote:kickycan wrote:Driving around in a truck loaded with a lifetime supply of pot...that is pretty much my definition of heaven on earth.
Not when your dumb ass gets pulled over.
LOL That is why it is such a tragic story...they were living the dream, and then, like Icarus, they flew too high...
The least they could have done is go out in a fiery crash.
Just to be sociable.
Damn, what was the movie with Hackman and the freeway underpasses?
The Hackman movie you're thinking of is
The French Connection, I believe, Osso.
Just a point of reference, assuming the Freightliner in question was a full sized Class 8 road tractor, with a typical 50' closed-van trailer, the available load capacity would be in the neighborhood of 25 tons. Baled, in the fashion of hay, you could prolly get just about that much pot into the trailer, given the cubic volume of the typical trailer.
Now there's a visual image.
And yes, of course that was it, Timber. (how can I forget these things?)
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