[url]http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/29/arizona.marijuana.bust/index.html?hpt=T2[/url]
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(CNN) -- In a messy drug bust this week, investigators uncovered more than 700 pounds of marijuana stuffed in a septic tank truck full of human waste, Arizona police said Friday.
And the search of the truck was as awful as it sounds.
"Yeah, that really does suck," Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves told CNN. "It's a long way to go to make a bust."
Hidden in the holding tank of the truck were 743 pounds of pot, worth about $409,000 on the street, police said in a news release.
An officer pulled over the septic tank truck Wednesday after a check of the license showed it was invalid, police said. The truck was headed northbound on I-19 and stopped about 35 miles south of Tucson, Arizona. Police patrolling the area tend to be more vigilant, Graves said, because the interstate -- which leads directly to Mexico -- is a major thoroughfare for drug and human trafficking.
After the stop, the officer discovered that the commercial vehicle markings on the truck were also invalid. A subsequent search revealed the bales of marijuana in red and orange packages amid the waste.
"It just shows how desperate these drug cartels are," Graves said. "They'll go to any lengths to conceal their product. We've seen it concealed [among] watermelons, bell peppers. This is the first time we've seen it concealed in human waste."
Police arrested the driver, Leonard Salcido, 24, of Tucson, and charged him with possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale and transportation of marijuana, police said.
The bust was not the largest for Arizona police. In 2008, police found more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana in a fake UPS truck, Graves said.
Wednesday's smelly pot was just one major bust this week. On Thursday, police confiscated $681,000 worth of methamphetamine concealed in the false floor of a vehicle.
The driver was stopped for speeding on I-17 near Camp Verde, Arizona, police said. The officer asked to search the vehicle and found 15 pounds of meth, police said.
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That must be some shitty weed.
looks like cheeseblocks
Goddamn that's a lot of weed.
Looks like flotation devices.
Fuck, I wasted my 6,666 post.
These things are always so stupid, it's like "Thank you for wasting taxmoney on making sure America's colleges have a boring weekend."
...Stupid government with their outdated, non-constitutional methods...
:350:
fuck man that was for next year's 420
Looks like the cops had a messy job on their hands.
What a shitty way to lose your product.
I'm glad they busted this guy. He was smuggling weed in a septic tank.... that's fucking unsanitary.
how many people would buy this product knowing it was surrounded by shit for miles and miles?
what a shitty thread
Also, what are they gonna do with all of it? Smoke it for themselves?
[QUOTE=Vaught;21563547]what a shitty thread
Also, what are they gonna do with all of it? Smoke it for themselves?[/QUOTE]
They'll incinerate it, like everything else they confiscate.
[QUOTE=EDDY TT;21563600]They'll incinerate it, like everything else they confiscate.[/QUOTE]
In a series of small fires.
[QUOTE=Luke510;21563509]I'm glad they busted this guy. He was smuggling weed in a septic tank.... that's fucking unsanitary.
how many people would buy this product knowing it was surrounded by shit for miles and miles?[/QUOTE]
That is probably what the bags were for, protect them from the waste, either way it's disgusting.
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21563617]In a series of small fires.[/QUOTE]
Must be awesome to supervise that as a cop, and "get alittle too close to the smoke".
:smug:
[QUOTE=Vinze;21563771]Must be awesome to supervise that as a cop, and "get alittle too close to the smoke".
:smug:[/QUOTE]
He "breathed heavily due to an unknown medical condition".
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Honestly, I'd just bring a few Zig-Zags and roll a joint or two.
If i had just 1 pound of weed, i would be set for life basically.
All the good puns are taken, god dammit.
Oh well... :350:
That's a [I]shitload[/I] of weed.
[QUOTE=EDDY TT;21563600]They'll incinerate it, like everything else they confiscate.[/QUOTE]
I would help them :haw:
[QUOTE=Vinze;21563454]These things are always so stupid, it's like "Thank you for wasting taxmoney on making sure America's colleges have a boring weekend." [/QUOTE]
I love you :buddy:
[QUOTE=Swebonny;21564843]743 pounds = 337,019131 kilogram = 337019 grams.
$409'000/337019 ~ $1,2/g
Whaat?
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Depends if you buy it in ounces or such.
It's $20/g in australia, but i guess when you buy it in an ounce, it comes down to somewhat $10 or so a gram.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;21564843]743 pounds = 337,019131 kilogram = 337019 grams.
$409'000/337019 ~ $1,2/g
Whaat?
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it probably costs less per gram to buy it by the pound or in bulk
and it's just an estimate
[QUOTE=Swebonny;21564843]743 pounds = 337,019131 kilogram = 337019 grams.
$409'000/337019 ~ $1,2/g
Whaat?
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That's odd, most times the police inflate the figures to something insane like $60 million for like 500kg or something.
No wonder some of the weed here quit smelling like shit.
One of the worst things about marijhuanas illegality is shit like this.
Not knowing wether your bud has been in some guys ass or in the back of a septic truck is pretty disturbing.
Why the fuck do they always try to smuggle the largest shipments using the most bullshit delivery people?
You hide it in a car - found when the asshole goes 150 in a 90.
You hide it in a transport truck (or septic truck) - you skimp on the licenses.
You mail it in cargo - you mail it to the wrong address.
Fuck...
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