According to Automotive news, employees or owners of auto dealerships have been letting drug trafficking happen in the company. When marijuana is a part within the box of parts being shipped, “parts is parts” takes on a new meaning.
Drug traffic ring found in a Honda/Volkswagen dealership in Maryland
DealershipForum.com reports that $ 1.6 million, or 120 pounds of marijuana was found in a Maryland Honda/Volkswagen dealership. An employee within the parts department reported to are paid $ 100 for each and every delivery made. The drug dealer was where he was supposed to be sending the drugs. According to Automotive News, 10 pound blocks of marijuana were found in a box of wiper blades at a Detroit area Mopar Parts Distribution Center recently. How can it really be that hard to get some good help right now?
Some of the auto dealership hijinks
Do these happen all on their own? Think over it for a minute. The former Huling Brothers Auto Center of Seattle had quite a bit of illegal drug dealing happening in it, reports the Seattle Times. According to Fox 29 WFLX of Hollywood, Fla., a “massive drug trafficking business” was happening in a Florida auto dealership that was run by Nova Motor Groups’ owner, Richard Carlson. SUVs were shipped to Sweden with cocaine in then. At Midway Motors of Abington, Mass., Finance Manager Duane Glenn and two others were arrested for selling cocaine to an undercover officer. They also had been selling marijuana.
John DeLorean has an excellent story
The DeLorean Motor Company went bankrupt in 1982 after making luxury sports cars since 1975. John DeLorean had trouble maintaining operating capital although it the DeLorean DMC-12 was a gem of the 1980s. According to reports, DeLorean was filmed in what appeared to be a drug trafficking transaction, where he accepted money in exchange for the illicit substance. DeLorean went free because there seemed to have been some entrapment.
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Further reading
Automotive News
autonews.com/article/20100810/BLOG14/100819997/-1
Massachusetts Law enforcement Network
masscops.com/f79/police-make-drug-bust-abington-auto-dealer-38799/
Seattle Times
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003563972_huling09m.html
WFLX
wflx.com/Global/story.asp?S=12740394″>WFLX.com
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_Motor_Company
Man sues Texas auto dealership that sold him ‘drug car’
youtube.com/watch?v=auVGmt9T4uk
