KJ. Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Just seen this on PH... http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default ... ryId=21814 I know you shouldn't laugh but I found thought this was hilarious!! Taken from PH... Spanish police have seized more than 800kg of cocaine hidden in a fake Dakar Rally truck. The massive drugs haul - worth more than £30 million in street value - was found last Friday in the Spanish port of Bilbao, after the mock-up Dakar rally truck landed on a ship from Argentina. It turns out that the seven suspects - part of one of the main drug trafficking rings based in Ibiza - had gone to great lengths to disguise the truck as a pukka Dakar competitor. "The vehicle had been totally transformed to adapt it to its supposed participation in the competition as a support truck, with publicity and logos of the event painted on its side," the police statement said. "The drug trafficking ring even provided the vehicle with all the necessary technical and logistical material, including the official uniform of the competition." The truck was originally shipped to Argentina and loaded with its illicit cargo on a farm near Buenos Aires on one of the Dakar stages (the competition was held in January in Chile and Argentina). As well as the cocaine, police also seized 15,000 ecstasy tablets, 4.5kg of hash, two guns and almost 47,000 euros in cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuck Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Definitely thinking outside of the box there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 nice try, but no cigar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 crazy... hope someone wont get a bullet between their eyes for that bust... was watching a program on that stuff (smuggling) on the tube and found that they south americans have it sussed, they are building submarines to smuggle goods better and better after each and every revision too... wonder if they could get some stuff from the US to Europe... like a turbo kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 You have to admire their candour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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