NSR: Fake Dakar truck filled with cocaine confiscated

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:38 pm

Ok, I never post these kinds of threads, but this is freakin' awesome. Guys mock-up a truck to look like a support vehicle for Dakar (what? more here), stuff it to the gills with coke and other drugs, and ship it to Europe. Brilliant! I wonder how they got caught.

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default ... ryId=21814

Drum Pro · Post by **Drum Pro** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:45 pm

That's quite a story but for every one caught 10 get through...

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:25 pm

Wow. Opportunity seized. Really quite clever. I just feel bad for all the future legitimate support truck operators who will no doubt now have to go through 99 levels of additional security check procedures.

Drum Pro · Post by **Drum Pro** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:32 pm

I wonder how many scooters I could get with all the money confiscated along the drugs?

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:39 pm

How times have changed. I can remember when the story would have been the 800 kilos of hash in the truck, and the coke was just for personal use.

Damn near a ton of coke. I wonder what the volume of 1800lbs of coke is?

Post by **ericalm** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:52 pm

Skootz Kabootz wrote:Wow. Opportunity seized. Really quite clever.

Drug cartels get really inventive with their transport means. I mean, despite all the bad they do, you kind of have to give them a gold star for creativity!

Syd wrote:How times have changed. I can remember when the story would have been the 800 kilos of hash in the truck, and the coke was just for personal use.

From the story: "As well as the cocaine, police also seized 15,000 ecstasy tablets, 4.5kg of hash, two guns and almost 47,000 euros in cash."

Syd wrote:Damn near a ton of coke. I wonder what the volume of 1800lbs of coke is?

It was 1800kg of coke, not pounds! That's almost 4000lbs!

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:12 pm

ericalm wrote:It was 1800kg of coke, not pounds! That's almost 4000lbs!

The posted headline shows 800kgs; either way, that's a lotta blow!

I wonder if they've ever shipped coke in a container of Coca Cola?

Post by **ericalm** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:23 pm

Syd wrote:
ericalm wrote:It was 1800kg of coke, not pounds! That's almost 4000lbs!
The posted headline shows 800kgs; either way, that's a lotta blow!

I wonder if they've ever shipped coke in a container of Coca Cola?

LOL, I misread; it's 800kg.

They have shipped coke in a container of Coca Cola… when Coke contained coke.

Uncle Groucho · Post by **Uncle Groucho** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:52 pm

Must....resist....obvious....Charlie....Sheen....joke