Saturday, August 14, 2010

Drug trafficking occurs within auto dealerships

As outlined by Automotive news, employees or owners of auto dealerships are letting drug trafficking happen in the company. A new meaning is brought to the phrase “parts in parts” when marijuana is found amongst a shipment of parts. Source of article – Hire carefully- Drug trafficking at auto dealerships by Vehicle Deal Expert.

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 in the parts department was paid $ 100 per illegal delivery. He accepted the contraband, and then passed it on to a drug dealer. A Detroit-area Mopar Parts Distribution Center was found to have 10 pound bricks of marijuana with a batch of wiper blades, reports Automotive News. Is good help that hard to find, when every person needs a job?

Auto dealership hijinks

Think these are isolated cases? Think about it for a minute. The previous Huling Brothers Auto Center of Seattle had quite a bit of illegal drug dealing happening in it, reports the Seattle Times. A Florida auto dealership was being used by Richard Carlson, who owns Nova Motor Group, as a “massive drug trafficking business,” reports Fox 29 WFLX of Hollywood, Fla.. SUVs were shipped to Sweden with cocaine in then. In Abington, Massachusetts, a couple partners working with Duane Glenn in a Midway Motors selling cocaine. They also had been selling marijuana.

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 nevertheless had trouble maintaining operating capital. Drugs began to be sold be DeLorean as proved in a film. Because entrapment was supposedly used in this, DeLorean was cleared of all charges.

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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



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