Trooper Finds Marijuana Bricks On I-435 Semi 2 Taken Into Custody

TheKansasCityChannel.com ^ | May 2, 2005 | unknown

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

OLATHE, Kan. -- A routine traffic stop on I-435 turned into a major drug bust Monday morning, KMBC's Dan Weinbaum reported.

At about 6 a.m., a Kansas state trooper pulled over an 18-wheeler with a broken headlight near Highway 69.

After talking with the semi driver, the trooper became suspicious and asked to search the truck's load. The trooper found a large stash of marijuana bricks, officials said.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

I have a co-worker at my p.t. job (I work 2 jobs), who works 2 jobs. Her full time job is as a parole officer in the greater K.C. metro area, which includes several counties. She said 99% of her cases are drug offenses.

[TKDietz]

I honestly don't know what the percentages are here. I do know that lots of times when I look at the docket almost all of the cases are drug cases. It's not 99%, but it could be that most of the cases are drug cases. The public defender office gets almost all of these cases because these people don't tend to have any money. We even get most all of the delivery and manufacturing cases. People seem to have this stereotype in their heads about drug dealers and meth cooks making all of this money hand over fist. The real truth is that most of these people are miserable drug addicts who don't have a pot to pee in. And these big marijuana cases where hundreds pounds or more are pulled off the highway on a vehicle stop, we get almost all of those too. These people are drug mules. They don't own the drugs and they generally don't have any money either. We probably get more than 80% of all of the various criminal cases going through the county and a higher percentage of the drug cases.

[Know your rights]

Wow, that takes another .0000000001 percent of the total supply off the streets!

Way to go drug warriors! I feel much safer.

It's like the Prohibition-era photo ops of feds smashing barrels. Lotta good that did ....

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

If I remember correctly, my moonlighting-Parole-Officer co-worker also told me that all of her "clients" have been abused. Those with charges of prostition were sexually abused. I can double check that when I see her tonight. To correct myself, 99% of her cases are drug crimes or drug related crimes. And I believe she may have a choice as to what types of cases she does not work with. She has said she will not work with molesters or rapists.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

A man was jogging down the beach after a major storm had just come through the area. He was dismayed by the huge number of starfish that the storm had washed up on the beach. He thought that there was nothing he could do because of the immense numbers. As he continued down the beach he saw an old man throw something into the water. As he got closer, he saw the old man walk a little farther down the beach, bend over, pick up a starfish and throw it back into the water. As the jogger approached, the old man stopped again, bent over, picked up another starfish and was about to throw it into the water. The jogger stopped and asked "Why are you doing that? There are thousands of starfish on the beach. You can't possibly make a difference." The old man looked at the starfish, threw it back into the water, then replied, "I made a difference to that one, didn't I?"

[Rebelbase]

Revisionist nursery rhymes: The big bad wolf huffed and he puffed, then puffed some more at the pig's house made with marijuana bricks.

[Know your rights]

And whose lives are saved when a few bales of marijuana are seized?

[Bones75]

"And whose lives are saved when a few bales of marijuana are seized?"

Nobody's