Marijuana confiscated by the Texas Highway Patrol. (Texas Department of Public Safety)
3.9 tons of marijuana confiscated by Texas Highway Patrol
For highway patrol officers, there's no such thing as a routine traffic stop. That adage was again proven true when a Texas Highway Patrol trooper pulled over a gas tanker to perform a routine visual inspection and discovered the tanker was carrying 3.9 tons of marijuana. It's unclear how the trooper was able to make the discovery.
In a news release, the Texas Department of Public Safety estimated the value of the confiscated pot at around $3.4 million. The truck driver was arrested and charged with possession. He's being held on $1 million bond. According to DPS spokesperson Sgt. Johnny Hernandez, more arrests may be forthcoming.
Hernandez told NBC News that the bust was "a big, significant seizure" and among the largest in recent memory. Earlier this year, federal law enforcement seized more than 14,000 pounds of marijuana along the Arizona-Mexico border. The estimated street value of the drugs was between $7 million and $12 million, according to News 4 Tucson.
Way to go THP; that's going to piss off one hell of a lot of liberals!
(Really, that's just a drop in the bucket)
Just curious - do you really believe only political "liberals" smoke marijuana? Or whether they smoke or not support its legalization? Ever met any live Libertarians? Or Gingriches? What do you suppose the value of that load would have been if it were legal and taxable? If it were legal, do you suppose those shipping it would be involved in violent crime? It's a crop that is literally a "weed." Why is it valuable? Might it be an artificially created market cause by its being illegal?
O Really wrote:Just curious - do you really believe only political "liberals" smoke marijuana? Or whether they smoke or not support its legalization? Ever met any live Libertarians? Or Gingriches? What do you suppose the value of that load would have been if it were legal and taxable? If it were legal, do you suppose those shipping it would be involved in violent crime? It's a crop that is literally a "weed." Why is it valuable? Might it be an artificially created market cause by its being illegal?
No I don't; nor do I think that marijuana is worth the time and effort to go after it as an illegal drug. It just happened that currently pot is illegal and an officer happened upon it and made a huge bust.
My post was a snarky attempt to get a rise out of a few liberal thinking individuals who've berated me in the past for my former profession,
and who believe that drugs, not only pot, should be legal.
Well, as the gun, ummm, "enthusiasts" have explained to us, and as some learned during the great "Prohibition" experiment, banning things people want doesn't keep them from getting them, it only creates a violent crime driven black market where only the criminals profit. Question: do you really care if some idiot meth-head kills himself on the stuff? I don't. And if meth, crack, real cocaine, horse, whatever new comes down the pike, was to become legal tomorrow, I'm not going to try it. And I doubt you would. And most other people wouldn't either.
Leo Lyons wrote: Marijuana confiscated by the Texas Highway Patrol. (Texas Department of Public Safety)
3.9 tons of marijuana confiscated by Texas Highway Patrol
For highway patrol officers, there's no such thing as a routine traffic stop. That adage was again proven true when a Texas Highway Patrol trooper pulled over a gas tanker to perform a routine visual inspection and discovered the tanker was carrying 3.9 tons of marijuana. It's unclear how the trooper was able to make the discovery.
In a news release, the Texas Department of Public Safety estimated the value of the confiscated pot at around $3.4 million. The truck driver was arrested and charged with possession. He's being held on $1 million bond. According to DPS spokesperson Sgt. Johnny Hernandez, more arrests may be forthcoming.
Hernandez told NBC News that the bust was "a big, significant seizure" and among the largest in recent memory. Earlier this year, federal law enforcement seized more than 14,000 pounds of marijuana along the Arizona-Mexico border. The estimated street value of the drugs was between $7 million and $12 million, according to News 4 Tucson.
Way to go THP; that's going to piss off one hell of a lot of liberals!
O Really wrote:Just curious - do you really believe only political "liberals" smoke marijuana? Or whether they smoke or not support its legalization? Ever met any live Libertarians? Or Gingriches? What do you suppose the value of that load would have been if it were legal and taxable? If it were legal, do you suppose those shipping it would be involved in violent crime? It's a crop that is literally a "weed." Why is it valuable? Might it be an artificially created market cause by its being illegal?
No I don't; nor do I think that marijuana is worth the time and effort to go after it as an illegal drug. It just happened that currently pot is illegal and an officer happened upon it and made a huge bust.
My post was a snarky attempt to get a rise out of a few liberal thinking individuals who've berated me in the past for my former profession,
and who believe that drugs, not only pot, should be legal.
Just out curiosity, who has berated you? Just want to make sure this isn't another thing that you're making up.
It's been a while, Ombud, but Leo has indeed taken some flack for his statement that he was a former narc, or some related job. "Berated" might be an exaggeration, but nobody was bowing and chanting "we're not worthy."
Bill Buckley was likely one of the most well known conservatives to argue for the
legalization of some drugs, though it is hard to picture WFB sitting around smoking
a joint, but ya never know. (Need a pot smoking emoticon).
O Really wrote:It's been a while, Ombud, but Leo has indeed taken some flack for his statement that he was a former narc, or some related job. "Berated" might be an exaggeration, but nobody was bowing and chanting "we're not worthy."
So he has taken some flak for the statement (because no one believed him) or his has taken flak for being LEO? Or was it just for being a narc? I have a hard time believing a narc would have said, "nor do I think that marijuana is worth the time and effort to go after it as an illegal drug." Then again maybe he was putting people in jail because the paycheck was more important than his principles.
Ombudsman wrote: I have a hard time believing a narc would have said, "nor do I think that marijuana is worth the time and effort to go after it as an illegal drug." Then again maybe he was putting people in jail because the paycheck was more important than his principles.
I have no doubt there are people doing their jobs enforcing a law they don't personally believe in. Their "principle" is in law enforcement, not in the specifics of what the law is, which is not within their ability to change. I wouldn't personally be a narc, but I've had situations in my life that might let me relate.
O Really wrote:Just curious - do you really believe only political "liberals" smoke marijuana? Or whether they smoke or not support its legalization? Ever met any live Libertarians? Or Gingriches? What do you suppose the value of that load would have been if it were legal and taxable? If it were legal, do you suppose those shipping it would be involved in violent crime? It's a crop that is literally a "weed." Why is it valuable? Might it be an artificially created market cause by its being illegal?
No I don't; nor do I think that marijuana is worth the time and effort to go after it as an illegal drug. It just happened that currently pot is illegal and an officer happened upon it and made a huge bust.
My post was a snarky attempt to get a rise out of a few liberal thinking individuals who've berated me in the past for my former profession,
and who believe that drugs, not only pot, should be legal.
Just out curiosity, who has berated you? Just want to make sure this isn't another thing that you're making up.
The better question to ask is what his real "former profession" was. Currently, it's bullshitter-in-chief.
Bungalow Bill wrote: Bill Buckley was likely one of the most well known conservatives to argue for the
legalization of some drugs, though it is hard to picture WFB sitting around smoking
a joint, but ya never know.
Uptight, stuffed-shirt RW types could benefit from some weed, perhaps. Not a pot fan, myself, as it has an opposite effect on me, but some mellowing would be a great improvement for most of these Neanderthal RWers.
Bungalow Bill wrote: (Need a pot smoking emoticon).
People are crazy and times are strange. I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range.
I used to care, but, things have changed.
O Really wrote:Well, as the gun, ummm, "enthusiasts" have explained to us, and as some learned during the great "Prohibition" experiment, banning things people want doesn't keep them from getting them, it only creates a violent crime driven black market where only the criminals profit. Question: do you really care if some idiot meth-head kills himself on the stuff? I don't. And if meth, crack, real cocaine, horse, whatever new comes down the pike, was to become legal tomorrow, I'm not going to try it. And I doubt you would. And most other people wouldn't either.
Agree; should meth, crack, heroin, and battery acid all become legal tomorrow, I would not seek out any of these. I have been thinking lately of moving to CO or WA lately.....it's just too cold out there for me, though.
O Really wrote:Well, as the gun, ummm, "enthusiasts" have explained to us, and as some learned during the great "Prohibition" experiment, banning things people want doesn't keep them from getting them, it only creates a violent crime driven black market where only the criminals profit. Question: do you really care if some idiot meth-head kills himself on the stuff? I don't. And if meth, crack, real cocaine, horse, whatever new comes down the pike, was to become legal tomorrow, I'm not going to try it. And I doubt you would. And most other people wouldn't either.
Agree; should meth, crack, heroin, and battery acid all become legal tomorrow, I would not seek out any of these. I have been thinking lately of moving to CO or WA lately.....it's just too cold out there for me, though.
So, by extension- should gay marriage become legal tomorrow, you wouldn't run out, turn gay and marry another feller, either? That seems to be a fear amongst the easily-frightened and always-fearful.
People are crazy and times are strange. I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range.
I used to care, but, things have changed.
Boatrocker wrote:So, by extension- should gay marriage become legal tomorrow, you wouldn't run out, turn gay and marry another feller, either? That seems to be a fear amongst the easily-frightened and always-fearful.
At least there's consistency among Republicans. You know, Rush Limbaugh and others who declared that should ObamaCare pass, they'd move to a country with socialized medicine. Or that should the socialist same-sex marriage supporting President be re-elected, they'd move to Canada.
O Really wrote:Well, as the gun, ummm, "enthusiasts" have explained to us, and as some learned during the great "Prohibition" experiment, banning things people want doesn't keep them from getting them, it only creates a violent crime driven black market where only the criminals profit. Question: do you really care if some idiot meth-head kills himself on the stuff? I don't. And if meth, crack, real cocaine, horse, whatever new comes down the pike, was to become legal tomorrow, I'm not going to try it. And I doubt you would. And most other people wouldn't either.
Agree; should meth, crack, heroin, and battery acid all become legal tomorrow, I would not seek out any of these. I have been thinking lately of moving to CO or WA lately.....it's just too cold out there for me, though.
So, by extension- should gay marriage become legal tomorrow, you wouldn't run out, turn gay and marry another feller, either? That seems to be a fear amongst the easily-frightened and always-fearful.
Nah, wouldn't even consider it. I was married once, to a woman, for over twenty years. She became someone else but I stayed the same. I'm not against gay marriage, or any other kind, but I don't figure to engage in any sort of marriage myself. As for being easily frightened and always fearful......folks will always be afraid of things they don't understand. I myself am scared to death of calculus and Latin.
Yes, a little weed might mellow some of these wingnuts out, but then there's the
possibility of added paranoia, and if there's one group that has no use for any more
of that it's the nutters.
".. .. .. Lil Wayne, Ron Howard, Scarlett Johansson and Kim Kardashian are all on the same page when it comes to criminal justice reform."
They're on the same page all right. The loonies list page.
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