Truckload of marijuana goes up in smoke

UPI ^ | Feb. 21, 2010

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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- A truckload of confiscated marijuana that could be worth more than $1 million disappeared somewhere between Memphis and Louisville, Ky., sources say.

The more than 1,700 pounds of pot went missing during a controlled drug delivery going from Memphis to Louisville, The Memphis Commercial-Appeal reported Sunday.

A Memphis Police Department travel memo obtained by the newspaper said the drugs -- confiscated from a semi Feb. 10 -- were escorted to Louisville by Memphis police and Shelby County sheriff's deputies.

Sources said the officers saw several vehicles pull up to the tractor-trailer parked in Louisville, leave, come back, then leave again.

When they checked the contents of the truck it was empty, the sources said.

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Thanks to sonofstrangelove for the heads-up.

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The perps?

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[Ronin]

Dude!!!!

Check out the donut shops and fast food places...

Gonna be some folks with major munchies...

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Sources said the officers saw several vehicles pull up to the tractor-trailer parked in Louisville, leave, come back, then leave again.

When they checked the contents of the truck it was empty, the sources said.

Heads will roll. (pun intended)

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

IOW, the officers just stood there and watched as the semi was looted of its cannabis, and looked only when it was ... gone?

Something doesn't add up here.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Like I said, heads will roll.

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

Like I said, heads will roll.

Yeah, and the police were as effective as potted plants!

[Brugmansian]

confiscated marijuana that could be worth more than $1 million disappeared . . . The more than 1,700 pounds of pot

That works out to under $40 an ounce. Not much more than when I was in the market for it when Nixon was president. I suspect however if the government hadn't been holding this stash and if the government had seized it from a dealer, the media would report it was worth $10 to $20 million. Maybe more.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

No Problem

:)

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

[RC one]

If that’s the case, I stand corrected, there are some good cops out there.

[Berlin_Freeper]

They can smell the stuff a mile away.

Next time set up cage traps.

[ChrisInAR]

I would say that this may be more apropos, don't you think?

[spetznaz]

:^)

[Renegade]

Boomers heisted it !

[paulycy]

Truckload of marijuana goes up in smoke

Sound the alarm!

"Bong-bong-bong-bong-bong..."

[JRios1968]

[US Navy Vet]

Dude this sucks...

[dubie]

um...