Thursday 15th April 2010

Fake Dakar Rally Truck Hides 800kg Of Cocaine

Rally Raid imposters caught by the Spanish fuzz

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A real Dakar truck...

Spanish police have seized more than 800kg of cocaine hidden in a fake Dakar Rally truck.

The massive drugs haul - worth more than £30 million in street value - was found last Friday in the Spanish port of Bilbao, after the mock-up Dakar rally truck landed on a ship from Argentina.

It turns out that the seven suspects - part of one of the main drug trafficking rings based in Ibiza - had gone to great lengths to disguise the truck as a pukka Dakar competitor.

"The vehicle had been totally transformed to adapt it to its supposed participation in the competition as a support truck, with publicity and logos of the event painted on its side," the police statement said.

"The drug trafficking ring even provided the vehicle with all the necessary technical and logistical material, including the official uniform of the competition."

The truck was originally shipped to Argentina and loaded with its illicit cargo on a farm near Buenos Aires on one of the Dakar stages (the competition was held in January in Chile and Argentina).

As well as the cocaine, police also seized 15,000 ecstasy tablets, 4.5kg of hash, two guns and almost 47,000 euros in cash.

[SystemParanoia]

awesome ... so who gets the truck now?

[wrightman90]

Funniest thing i've read for a while

[khevolution]

perfect story to cheer up a boring Thursday.

[louismchuge]

Bet they'd drive that fker quickly through the desert after liberating a few cheeky lines!

[whiteonyx]

i hate drug dealers a what their disgusting powder does to peoples lives, but their creativity in smuggling their goods is amazing.

[Chris_]

Certainly not the first time that the cover of motor sport has been used for this sort of thing.

[Hugo a Gogo]

stay on the racing line?

[alexpa]

Must have been some 'trip'

[JRDUNN]

gotta admire their imagination.
makes you wonder how many of these clever attempts dont get spotted

[ellisd82]

Have they done this in the past? they could have been pulling this scam for years lol. Great story, whatever next! haha

[sprinter1050]

Aye- them dealers have the cash & time to cover up their cretinous trade with some very devious tactics.

At least they aint got the goods this time. (or the guns, cash & the truck)

Well done for Los Rozzers!

[soad]

That truck looks cool, wouldn't mind to have a go in one!

Closest I've come so far - is playing a Colin McRae Dirt game

[louismchuge]

JRDUNN said:

gotta admire their imagination.
makes you wonder how many of these clever attempts dont get spotted

Given how easy it is to buy I'd imagine a lot!

[MAD63]

For all the effort they put into smuggling dope you would think they would invest that effort into a legit business like finance or real estate or even share trading ... :-)

[SystemParanoia]

MAD63 said:

For all the effort they put into smuggling dope you would think they would invest that effort into a legit business like finance or real estate or even share trading ... :-)

courier business

[soad]

MAD63 said:

For all the effort they put into smuggling dope you would think they would invest that effort into a legit business like finance or real estate or even share trading ... :-)

Some do invest it - it gets around.

[MAD63]

For all the effort they put into smuggling dope you would think they would invest that effort into a legit business like finance or real estate or even share trading ... :-)

[louismchuge]

^^ echo echo echo echo ^^

[Mastiff]

MAD63 said:

For all the effort they put into smuggling dope you would think they would invest that effort into a legit business like finance or real estate or even share trading ... :-)

One deal = £30 Million.

That's some share trading!

[JB!]

10/10 for effort.