Dallas Police didn’t have to go far to find $400,000 worth of cocaine they had been looking for—it was in an undercover car they’d been driving for two months. Yes, you read that right.
An officer cleaning the car at a patrol station Wednesday discovered the nearly 50 pounds of cocaine carefully hidden in hydraulically controlled compartments.
“These compartments have recently been more and more popular with drug operations,” said Deputy Chief Julian Bernal, commander of the narcotics division.
Dallas police put the two-door 2004 black Infiniti into police service on May 7 after seizing it at a drug house. It had been found at a drug house earlier this year along with a 1999 Honda.
Bernal said the narcotics division searched both the vehicles and found nothing unusual after the seizure. The Honda was sold at auction.
Bernal said police plan to contact the person who bought the Honda to find out if drugs are hidden in that car, too.
What’s the owner of the Honda going to say? “Well, yes, it had drugs in it. I found it while I was cleaning it out. So, I decided to sell it and help pay off some of my bills?”
Don’t you think the police should have found the drugs when they first seized the car? Shouldn’t someone be very sure there’s nothing hidden in the car before selling it off at auction? Or placing it in service?
I’m wondering if someone will be placed on paid administrative leave that we are always hearing about. Do you think that person will be pushing a pencil at some desk in the back room? All alone?
Accidents happen. Mistakes are made. Even police make mistakes. I just hope they’ll remember this if I am ever going through Dallas, a little over the speed limit. I wonder if grace goes both ways?
An officer cleaning the car at a patrol station Wednesday discovered the nearly 50 pounds of cocaine carefully hidden in hydraulically controlled compartments.
“These compartments have recently been more and more popular with drug operations,” said Deputy Chief Julian Bernal, commander of the narcotics division.
Dallas police put the two-door 2004 black Infiniti into police service on May 7 after seizing it at a drug house. It had been found at a drug house earlier this year along with a 1999 Honda.
Bernal said the narcotics division searched both the vehicles and found nothing unusual after the seizure. The Honda was sold at auction.
Bernal said police plan to contact the person who bought the Honda to find out if drugs are hidden in that car, too.
What’s the owner of the Honda going to say? “Well, yes, it had drugs in it. I found it while I was cleaning it out. So, I decided to sell it and help pay off some of my bills?”
Don’t you think the police should have found the drugs when they first seized the car? Shouldn’t someone be very sure there’s nothing hidden in the car before selling it off at auction? Or placing it in service?
I’m wondering if someone will be placed on paid administrative leave that we are always hearing about. Do you think that person will be pushing a pencil at some desk in the back room? All alone?
Accidents happen. Mistakes are made. Even police make mistakes. I just hope they’ll remember this if I am ever going through Dallas, a little over the speed limit. I wonder if grace goes both ways?
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