Trooper seizes over 5,400 lbs. of marijuana in fake school bus near Laredo

KVIA ^ | Oct 12, 2009 | Annette Arrigucci

[SwinneySwitch]

LAREDO, Texas -- A Texas Highway Patrol trooper found 5,408 lbs. of marijuana inside a school bus after pulling over the vehicle north of Laredo, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said.

The driver fled on foot from the scene. The bus was marked to resemble a United Independent School District bus. DPS officials estimate the marijuana is worth more than $1.7 million.

DPS continues to investigate leads in the case.

[SwinneySwitch]

Maybe you. I remember a school trip bus driver taking some illegals through the Falfurrias checkpoint a couple of years ago.

[Rebelbase]

The wheels on the bust go pounds, pounds, pounds....

[Clemenza]

Growing the MJ that Kentucky “farmers” won’t provide at a fair price to the consumer...

[Mr. Blonde]

Depends on the circumstances. It appears this is one HiPo who probably didn’t know exactly what he was about to find.

Just speculating, if the cop came to the door of the bus and the guy barreled out the door and knocked over the officer he probably could have escaped pretty easily. I imagine the desire to not go to jail behind that much weed can make you pretty fast. Had there been even two officers present it would have been much harder to escape.

[Texas resident]

I am SO glad that janet is watching our southern border. If this isn’t brazen, I don’t know what is. 2 1/2 + TONS of marijuana.

[Clemenza]

When I was a kid, it was rumored that the ice cream trucks were a good source of weed.

[mysterio]

The war on pot is stupid.

[Seruzawa]

That’s easy. The cops were too busy loading the of 5,000 pounds of weed that didn’t get reported in the backs of the pickup trucks they forfeited from innocent grandmothers. How can you steal evidence and chase a suspect at the same time?

[bcsco]

Is this the bus O has been throwing folks under?

Could be, though judging by the number of people thus far, there has to be more than one by now...

[ChrisInAR]

Damn...better luck next time.

[devane617]

Here is a story from February. I think this is the one I posted a while back.

[kaboom]

I don’t know how he got away but I think that the drivers name might be Otto!

[SwinneySwitch]

Ping!

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[gura]

[Slings and Arrows]

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[a fool in paradise]

Is this another one of Willie Nelson’s buses?

[reagan_fanatic]

[Slings and Arrows]

Is this another one of Willie Nelson’s buses?

WILLIE NELSON: "Dammit, that was a whole day's stash!"

[Lady Jag]

[Springman]

LOL!!! That’s a good one.