This guy is definately not going to make Employee of the quarter this time...

[sao123]

Flips truck on highway, spills 1 ton of coccaine.

Colombia truck crashes, spills cocaine
Driver arrested after vehicle carrying nearly a ton of drugs flips over

Updated: 7:25 a.m. ET April 20, 2007
BOGOTA, Colombia - A truck loaded with cocaine flipped after taking a curve too fast, spilling nearly a ton of the drug across a Colombian highway.

Police said the drugs were hidden in the truck?s walls and roof, which ripped open Thursday when the vehicle overturned in Medellin, 155 miles north of the capital, Bogota.

The driver escaped injury but was quickly arrested.

Police said the cocaine was destined for the northern port of Uraba, a major exit point for Colombia?s massive drug smuggling industry.

© 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Rick James was later quoted as saying "That's a helluva crash."

- M4H

 

[UncleWai]

The dude is as good as dead.

 

[SpanishFry]

Originally posted by: UncleWai
The dude is as good as dead.

would he then be qualified for a Darwin award? assuming no offspring

 

[broon]

I pictured white powder covering the road with a bunch of people with their nose to the ground.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

What if this was just to keep the folks busy and they were shipping much more at this time?

 

[Wapp]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Rick James was later quoted as saying "That's a helluva crash."

- M4H

0/10

- M4H

 

[Jeff7]

How much would 1 ton of that stuff be worth?

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
How much would 1 ton of that stuff be worth?

Brazillians.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: paulney

Originally posted by: Jeff7
How much would 1 ton of that stuff be worth?

Brazillians.

How much is a Brazilian?

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: paulney

Originally posted by: Jeff7
How much would 1 ton of that stuff be worth?

Brazillians.

How much is a Brazilian?

I perform them for free

 

[GasX]

Pedro Gonzalez, you have been found guilty of cocaine trafficking. We sentence you to freedom. We will be publishing the time and place of your release on the front page on the newspaper.

 

[Mrfrog840]

Originally posted by: SpanishFry

Originally posted by: UncleWai
The dude is as good as dead.

would he then be qualified for a Darwin award? assuming no offspring

yes...

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
How much would 1 ton of that stuff be worth?

assumeing 10K a kilo

like 4.5 mill

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Jeff7
How much would 1 ton of that stuff be worth?

assumeing 10K a kilo

like 4.5 mill

the driver is SOOO dead

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: UncleWai
The dude is as good as dead.

This story's a day old. He's already dead

 

[andylawcc]

Initial-C?

 

[Mill]

He was trying to avoid a police/military checkpoint and ran up on a curb. I don't know where they got the "going too fast around a curve" thing from. It is one of the larger drug busts in recent history in Colombia.

 

[deerslayer]

Speed kills.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: UncleWai
The dude is as good as dead.

This story's a day old. He's already dead

Maybe. They do not always kill you or harm you if you get caught smuggling. Although with such a large seizure, and a bit of driver stupidity, I can imagine this driver will likely be an exception (unless he was related to a boss).

I know someone who got arrested for smuggling a good bit of cocaine in the tires of a large truck. The narcos aren't even pissed at him. The police are, however.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
What if this was just to keep the folks busy and they were shipping much more at this time?

:thumbsup:

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: UncleWai
The dude is as good as dead.

This story's a day old. He's already dead

Maybe. They do not always kill you or harm you if you get caught smuggling. Although with such a large seizure, and a bit of driver stupidity, I can imagine this driver will likely be an exception (unless he was related to a boss).

I know someone who got arrested for smuggling a good bit of cocaine in the tires of a large truck. The narcos aren't even pissed at him. The police are, however.

I don't think they were talking about the police killing the guy....

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: UncleWai
The dude is as good as dead.

This story's a day old. He's already dead

Maybe. They do not always kill you or harm you if you get caught smuggling. Although with such a large seizure, and a bit of driver stupidity, I can imagine this driver will likely be an exception (unless he was related to a boss).

I know someone who got arrested for smuggling a good bit of cocaine in the tires of a large truck. The narcos aren't even pissed at him. The police are, however.

I don't think they were talking about the police killing the guy....

I think you need to read my post again, because I certainly wasn't talking about the police killing him either.

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
How much would 1 ton of that stuff be worth?

~ 20-24 million USD in a major US City.
~ 1.5 million USD in colombia.

1 ton = 907 kg

 

[Mxylplyx]

Originally posted by: UncleWai
The dude is as good as dead.

I'd be handing myself into the cops if I were him, though that probably wont keep him safe.