Auto dealerships have been having increasingly more drug trafficking happen in them which are being allowed by either employees or owners. When marijuana is a part within the box of parts being shipped, “parts is parts” takes on a new meaning.
Drug trafficking ring at a Maryland Honda/Volkswagen dealership
A Maryland Honda/Volkswagen dealership was caught with 120 pounds, or $ 1.6 million worth of marijuana, reports DealershipForum.com. One employee within the parts department was paid $ 100 per illegal delivery. He accepted the contraband, and then passed it on to a drug dealer. 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. It is really that difficult to get good help that isn’t really going to get you in trouble legally?
Auto dealership hijinks
Think these are isolated cases? Think again. According to the Seattle Times, drug dealing happened at the former Huling Brothers Auto Center of Seattle. Fox 29 WFLX of Hollywood, Fla., reports that Richard Carlson, owner of the Nova Motor Group, was allegedly using his Florida auto dealership as a front for a “massive drug trafficking business.”. Apparently Carlson stashed cocaine in SUVs which were shipped to Sweden. At Midway Motors of Abington, Mass., Finance Manager Duane Glenn and two others were arrested for selling cocaine to an undercover officer. Marijuana offenses were also involved within the arrests.
The story of John DeLorean
From 1975 to 1982, The DeLorean Motor company sold luxury sports cars, but then it went bankrupt. The DeLorean DMC-12 was an American pop culture gem of the 1980s, but John DeLorean still had trouble maintaining operating capital. DeLorean began to accept money, shown in a film, for illicit substances. Because entrapment was supposedly used in this, DeLorean was cleared of all charges.
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Additional 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
