According to Automotive news, employees or owners of auto dealerships are letting drug trafficking happen within the company. It seems that “parts is parts” takes on an entirely different meaning when boxes of wiper blades headed for the parts department consists of bricks of marijuana.
Drug traffic ring found in a Honda/Volkswagen dealership in Maryland
DealershipForum.com reports that $ 1.6 million, or 120 pounds of marijuana was found in a Maryland Honda/Volkswagen dealership. One employee within the parts department was paid $ 100 per illegal delivery. He was in charge of passing this to the dealer. According to Automotive News, 10 pound blocks of marijuana were found in a box of wiper blades at a Detroit area Mopar Parts Distribution Center recently. It is really that difficult to get good help that is not going to get you in trouble legally?
Some of the auto dealership hijinks
Think these are isolated cases? Think again. 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 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 which were shipped to Sweden. In Abington, Massachusetts, a couple partners working with Duane Glenn in a Midway Motors selling cocaine. They also had been selling marijuana.
The story behind John DeLorean
The DeLorean Motor Company went bankrupt in 1982 after making luxury sports cars since 1975. John DeLorean had trouble maintaining operating capital although it the DeLorean DMC-12 was a gem of the 1980s. DeLorean started to accept money, shown in a film, for illicit substances. DeLorean was subsequently acquitted of charges on the grounds that entrapment had been used.
No entrapment here – autoloans can save you green
Discover 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’
youtube.com/watch?v=auVGmt9T4uk
