I've been using the wrong trash-pickup service...

Cyxeris · Joined: Oct 30, 2003 Posts: 1125 Location: Louisville, KY

Garbage Truck Stopped With 2 Tons of Pot
By Associated Press

February 26, 2004, 8:29 PM EST

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. -- A garbage truck was stopped carrying more than two tons of marijuana north of Huachuca City, a Department of Public Safety official said.

The truck had been driving erratically late Tuesday, said DPS Sgt. Steve Tritz.

"It got my attention," Tritz said. "He was driving slow and failing to signal."

The driver, who identified himself as 28-year-old Brian Rivera Martinez, said he didn't know how to drive the truck.

When a drug-sniffing dog arrived, it alerted authorities to possible narcotics. DPS officers found 4,112 pounds of marijuana bundled in the area where trash would be carried.

Martinez and passenger, Michael Trejo Duran Sr., 38, were arrested on suspicion of transporting and possessing marijuana for sale.

mosc

paul e.

4,112 pounds

yes..seems a tad large for personal use...i mean he would have to have about 17,000 packs of rolling papers to pull that move

mosc · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:44 am Post subject:

A good defense lawyer would make these points:

- There are two of them
- They use pipes

Razz

HeHe. If there were 4,112 pounds officially confiscated, then I be there were a few extra pounds picked up by the DPS guys for their personal use.

Way back when I was in college, I knew a guy who worked for the Sheriff's office. You see, if you were a student of law enforcement, you got a draft deferment. If you got a job as an interne in the Sheriff's office, you were pretty much assured you'd not get called. As an added bonus he'd get to go out on those big pot burning raids. He would always come home with his pockets and socks stuffed - accidentally of course. When he found the stuff, he always did the right thing and burned it. Since it is unlawful to have fires outside in a residential area, he was forced to burn it in small quantities in a pipe. Of course, this would take months, so he'd sometimes ask friends to help him destroy this scourge on the youth of the community.

paul e. · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 1:44 pm Post subject:

hehehe..that is a funny story

Cyxeris · Joined: Oct 30, 2003 Posts: 1125 Location: Louisville, KY

ROFL

Nicely put.

Kruge · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 7:04 am Post subject:

4000 pounds?

*That* should get me through a weekend or two... Smile

Geez... Right now I'm wasting €100/week for that stuff... Razz