In yet another example of someone turning to crime because they're too stupid to do anything else, we have one Nolberto Salinas, who decided to see just how fast a Ford Escort could go with 300 pound of pot in the back.
We used to get this all the time back in Arkansas. The troopers who patrolled I-40, a major east-west national route, were very cautious most of the time because a notable percentage of the speeders they caught were moronic drug trafficers capable of anything. It made getting stopped for expired tags a pretty intense experience, I can tell you.
Now the M.O. is a rental car with California tags or a motorhome...at least around Ft. Smith. They've made some huge busts in the last year or two...not that they profile or anything.
I-40 is still a major east-west drug courier route.
Posted by: rita on March 12, 2003 01:45 PM