Automotive News reports that illegal drug trafficking at auto dealerships has occurred with increasing frequency in recent years, perpetrated either by less-than-honest employees or corrupt ownership. It seems that “parts is parts” takes on an entirely different meaning when boxes of wiper blades headed for the parts department contains bricks of marijuana.
Drug traffic ring found in a Honda/Volkswagen dealership in Maryland
A Maryland Honda/Volkswagen dealership was caught with 120 pounds, or $ 1.6 million worth of marijuana, reports DealershipForum.com. Each and every delivery made, an employee working parts got $ 100. He accepted the contraband, and then passed it on to a drug dealer. Automotive News indicates similar illicit activity occurred at a Detroit-area Mopar Parts Distribution Center, where two 10-pound bricks of marijuana came in a box of wiper blades. Is good help that hard to find, when everyone needs a job?
Some of the auto dealership hijinks
Do these happen all on their own? Think again. As outlined by the Seattle Times, drug dealing happened at the former Huling Brothers Auto Center of Seattle. A Florida auto dealership was getting used by Richard Carlson, who owns Nova Motor Group, as a “massive drug trafficking business,” reports Fox 29 WFLX of Hollywood, Fla.. Apparently Carlson stashed cocaine in SUVs that were shipped to Sweden. In Abington, Massachusetts, a couple partners working with Duane Glenn in a Midway Motors selling cocaine. Marijuana offenses were also involved in the arrests.
John DeLorean
The DeLorean Motor Company went bankrupt in 1982 after making luxury sports cars since 1975. The DeLorean DMC-12 was an American pop culture gem of the 1980s, but John DeLorean still had trouble maintaining operating capital. 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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Find more information on this subject
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’
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