Houston Law Enforcement 20,000lb. Bust
December 28th, 2006 by Tim
An agent staking out the warehouse the truck departed, entered in hopes of finding the owner when he discovered a few bales of weed inside.
Following further investigation, law enforcement were delighted when they found (and later seized) $20 - $40 million worth of marijuana cargo in the trailer. And to think, this all could’ve been diverted if Louis just had his damn headlights on at 10pm at night; they would’ve had no right to pull him over otherwise.
Charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, it doesn’t sound like Louis has much of a defense case - which ultimately means a long, long jail sentence.
Lt. J.D. Glesmann with the Sheriff Department’s Covert Operations Unit stated:
I’ve been in narcotics (division) since ‘93 and I’ve never seen a load of marijuana as big as this.
I guess that means this was big?
The bales of weed were packaged incognito-style, wrapped in plastic and coated in calcium carbonate to diffuse smell and placed in wooden crates, covered in coal. Lastly, the crates were labeled with car makes and numbers, most likely to be used for national distribution.
Obviously, this was the work of professionals and someone, somewhere is having a really bad day.
[via Houston Chronicle]
