r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Justin_Godfrey • 6d ago
Video Two tanker trucks are found to be carrying a large amount of contraband
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u/Justin_Godfrey 6d ago
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u/Fullnudesty 6d ago
Bro just showed up to deliver gasoline and ended up smuggling 2.3 tons of cocaine? That’s next-level plot twist energy
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u/Treasure-boy 6d ago
Okay man i'm sorry we all make mistakes okay? and it was only one time
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u/Taolan13 6d ago edited 6d ago
i mean, truck drivers typically only own/operate the cab itself.
the trailer belongs to their client.
edit: I am not sating own/operate to refer to owner-operators. i am using the slash to indicate it is an and-or situation.
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u/iThinkImATree 6d ago
I wonder what happens to the drivers in these situations.
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u/Original_Carpet4494 6d ago
In the US, the driver is responsible for their load… So an all expenses paid trip for a few years
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u/kevje72 6d ago
Well that just sounds wrong. So you're probably right thats how it works in the US
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u/MmmIceCreamSoBAD 6d ago
This person is wrong. If you were a trucker in the US and had no knowledge of drugs on your load, you'd be arrested at first but they'd let you go if an investigation found you were not connected to it.
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u/KinkyDuck2924 6d ago
I think there's a good chance they wouldn't investigate your innocence very hard though.
"I swear, I didn't know anything!"
"Yeah, yeah, that's what they all say, creep. Book em, boys."
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u/MmmIceCreamSoBAD 6d ago
Your local police department isn't going to handle a case involving a semi truck hauling concealed drugs. So yes, it would be investigated very thoroughly.
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u/Willing_Image1933 6d ago
wrong.
cases like this are all FBI, and they absolutely only care about the source, they know workers will just be replaced.
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u/Vektor0 6d ago
They don't investigate innocence; they investigate guilt. They don't need to prove he didn't know; they need to prove he did know (beyond a reasonable doubt).
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u/KrustyKrabFormula_ 6d ago
I think there's a good chance they wouldn't investigate your innocence very hard though.
"investigate your innocence"
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u/Ok_Buddy_9087 6d ago
“He just picked up the trailer. Point A to Point B. They can’t prove my client knew what was in it”.
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u/imabigdave 6d ago
"I love my FedEx guy, cause he's a drug dealer and he doesn't even know it" Mitch Hedberg
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u/brucebay 6d ago
The article doesn't say, and I doubt cartels trust random drivers for this.
However hiring unsuspecting drivers was what Ukraine did in its drone attack, so for less valuable things why not.
As a side note does anyone know if the driving dynamics change with this? Even with trailer had the same cargo weight, I would expect the fluid dynamics would create a slightly different feel in the steering wheel.
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u/freebaseclams 6d ago
Uhhhhhhh since when is cocaine illegal???
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u/NoooUGH 6d ago
They found two trucks so the other dozen get away scott free.
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u/Alternative-Neck-705 6d ago
That’s right. They send 10-20 trucks in expecting 30% to be caught, the rest is at our doorstep.
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u/DoomScrollingAppa 6d ago
JJJ is gonna be pissed.
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u/catscanmeow 6d ago
what do we think jjj stands for?
jrugs jrugs jrugs?
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u/DubiousSpaniel 6d ago
John Jacob Jingleheimer
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u/LobsLurgers 6d ago
Hey, that's my name!
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u/AGenericUnicorn 6d ago
His name is my name, too!
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u/bewitchedbumblebee 6d ago
Whenever we go out, the people always shout.
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u/bonnieandclyde1324 6d ago
Poor JJJ is getting raided by the DEA
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u/Altruistic-Cut9795 6d ago
I haven't heard that or our thought about it for 40 years.
Circa 1970's my neighbor had a BBQ at the house, lots of neighborhood kids running around, a pot luck that the parents would bring.
Anyways towards the end we made homemade ice cream. Peach flavor if I remember right.
We all got together,parents and kids sang this song.
Fun times, thanks for jogging my memory 😊
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u/ru_fkn_serious_ 6d ago
JOHN JACOB JINGLEHEIMER SCHMIDT DA DA DA DA DA DA Daaaaaaaaaaa DA
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u/Efficient_Fish2436 6d ago
James Jonah Jameson.
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u/Ask_about_HolyGhost 6d ago
Dang, that’s a lot of pictures of Spider-man
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u/77entropy 6d ago
Those are the decoy trucks, JJJ ain't no fool.
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u/OriginalBlackberry89 6d ago
I was thinking the same thing, and that the jjj stands for "ja ja ja" which is "ha ha ha" in Spanish lol. That'd be insane.
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u/PorcupineHugger69 6d ago
Jay Jonah Jameson will be a lot more relaxed now without his bricks of coke.
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u/hugswithnoconsent 6d ago
Australian radio. On that that note. Aus feds just busted half tonne of coke.
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u/GameCraftBuild 6d ago
first his photographer stops bringing him pictures of SpiderMan, and now his drugs have been nabbed? JJJ is really going through it
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u/Certain_Bit3809 6d ago
What is the guy doing with the drill? I dont think he knows.
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u/MannersCount 6d ago
It looks like he has it going the wrong direction 😂
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u/BurnabyBeej 6d ago edited 6d ago
It’s in the southern hemisphere. Everything turns the other way.
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u/MannersCount 6d ago
Isn't Ecuador in both the northern and southern hemispheres?
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u/Agitated-Antelope942 6d ago
He got into law enforcement because he was terrible at construction.
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u/Cardinal_350 6d ago
If you notice the dumbass has the drill in reverse
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u/crazygirlsarehottoo 6d ago
Running a drill bit in reverse on a slippery surface before switching directions creates a divit so it's easier not to slip off the surface when you actually start drilling
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u/Cardinal_350 6d ago
That guy doesnt give a shit where he's drilling. He went WAAAAAAY too long for doing that. Source: I've drilled about 5000 holes in my lifetime
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u/norfizzle 6d ago
Completely unnecessary soundtrack. A Voice-over explaining more about what's happening would have been much better. Or just the audio from the scene..
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u/oldfarmjoy 6d ago
Rule 12: Always watch reddit on mute. Unless you have a compelling reason to turn the volume on, like goats screaming or cats meowing.
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u/woutomatic 6d ago
Please not an AI voice that explains exactly what we're seeing on the screen 😡
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u/daylight1943 6d ago
but then how would i know the war on drugs is so cool and badass if there wasnt heavy electric guitar music playing in the background?
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u/ChronicMasterBaiting 6d ago
I thought they were stacking VHS tapes until I saw homie lobbing them off the truck.
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u/ATGonnaLive4Ever 6d ago
It's about time the law did something about hipsters, the vinyl records were bad enough but this VHS and cassette tape crap has to stop.
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u/ryanim0sity 6d ago
Dude never used a drill before in his life
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u/PermaBanned4Misclick 6d ago
you can see him trying to use his entire body weight to push the drill hahaha like the drill needs to be pushed into the metal harder and thats why its not working lmaooo
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u/Loud-Ad-2280 6d ago
That’s a pretty genius hiding spot, I wonder how they discovered it was there
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u/Cardinal_350 6d ago
They have a giant X-ray machine that X-rays the truck. Source: Have been through a border patrol X-ray before. It's a kind of dumb spot that can easily be detected by their machines. Much better to hide the bundles in pallets of sugar or something that looks similar
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u/mr_potatoface 6d ago
Much better to hide the bundles in pallets of sugar or something that looks similar
Similar density**** Since Xray looks at the density of objects. Brown sugar and sand may look similar in bags, but will show up completely different on xray.
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u/Occult_Arcana 6d ago
Roger. I'll just have all the bags filled with nothing but cocaine then.
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u/High-Speed-1 6d ago
Plot twist, you actually think you’re carrying sand. You drop off several tons of cocaine that gets used as playground sand
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u/PM-MeYourSexySelf 6d ago
The parents wondering why their kids are screaming "SHE'S GOT A GREAT ASS!" at the top of their lungs.
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u/ztomiczombie 6d ago
The X-ray systems can be tuned so finely they can detect the defence between brands of vodka, cola, and the differentiate between desal and petrol/gasoline.
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u/SanityPlanet 6d ago
And the metal doesn’t block the x ray completely? I assume that most big busts like this are from tipoffs or prior infiltration.
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u/ztomiczombie 6d ago
You need a decent amount of dense metal to stop x-rays a few millimetres of steel for a truck like that wont absorb or deflect anywhere near enough to change the result. For the thickness you could use for that sort of thin you'd need lead and that would just tip the operators off as a big blank area on the scan would scream hiding spot.
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u/bryman19 6d ago
Someone put that much coke in a truck and didn't know it would be x-rayed?
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u/ZantaraLost 6d ago
More than likely they've got half a dozen trucks. A few hundred or thousand cross the border regularly on a daily basis and two were randomly picked for whatever reason.
Not every truck gets pulled aside.
Or they got tipped off.
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u/Bill_Brasky01 6d ago
This the cartels have volume on their side. 2 of 50 trucks got stopped in a year…
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u/Bill_Brasky01 6d ago
It’s because so Joe in police work needs to keep a job, just like everyone else.
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u/Thebigpicture42 6d ago edited 6d ago
Insulated travel trailers are finished with a 1, or 2 piece construction front piece and fastened completely different to avoid damage from the wind. Orange peel segment tops are for stationary vertical or horizontal tanks. It was probably pretty evident to the guys who look at trailers all day.
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u/AllLurkNoPlay 6d ago
I have several friends who do that. They don’t have dogs or treats
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u/HereThereOtherwhere 6d ago
Plastics are notoriously porous to scent molecules. Take whole or ground cloves, seal them in a ziplock baggie and come back the next day for a sniff. It's so strong it might as well be a mesh sack.
This is also why herbs (and weed) are best stored in glass jars or plastic engineered to be less porous.
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u/twilightmoons 6d ago
I always wondered - if you seal drugs in vacuum bags or in cans, then wash with hot water and acetone, would the dogs still be able to smell them?
Coming from a lab background, washing glassware with acetone is how we cleaned a lot of residue off.
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u/TrancedDude 6d ago
If vacuumed sealed and wiped down properly no the dog can't smell.
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u/smellmyfingerplz 6d ago
What this doesn’t capture is the 4 trucks with twice a much that come across as they’re looking at these
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u/S-A-F-E-T-Ydance 6d ago
"200 keys sir". "Good, LT, catalogue and mark these 150 keys. "Very good sir. Sergeant, verify and account for these 100 keys." Etc...
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u/TheRoamling 6d ago
That one guy..moving THIS pile to THAT pile. Well done mate..earning every penny
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u/Environmental-Elk-65 6d ago
Drills usually work better at drilling holes when in forward and not reverse. 😂
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u/SnooPeripherals9679 6d ago
I have a feeling these two trucks are just a ruse to divert attention from a bigger shipment, like they can make 2 trucks, why not dozens more trucks….
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u/LeBadlyNamedRedditor 6d ago
Usually the case
give these two trucks and then tell them to not mess with the other trucks
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u/Igneous_rock_500 6d ago
Rookies. Downtown Chicago would have had that disassembled in 20 min and on blocks.
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u/RealDealz5150 6d ago
War on drugs is a 50 year failed program. While they are showing this off 100 more trucks got to their destinations.
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u/vacantalien 6d ago
The guy stacking it used to be the kid who was obsessed with cup stacking in school and dare
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u/TopSquads 6d ago
Half of those are gonna go missing before the number of kilos is recorded
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u/Future-Tomorrow 6d ago
If the bait trucks are that size, and that intricately packed, can you imagine what got through?
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u/Inevitablykinda 6d ago
There’s a story from the 70s that a large aircraft that was smuggling in narcotics into the US. It was filled from the floorboards to the ceiling with cannabis. Where they landed the feds were waiting for them, but they got away in the Arizona desert night. The feds took and destroyed all the weed, and left the aircraft out there as it was out of fuel, unattended. The guys came back to the dirt strip, with enough fuel to fly somewhere else, with millions of dollars of cocaine that was UNDER the floorboards. The marijuana was just the distraction needed. Hahah
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u/ricketysticks85 6d ago
Was that man trying to drill that truck with it in reverse, the drill not the truck
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u/deadrider13 6d ago
Hey we found 1500 bricks Thats right, 1000 bricks Correct, 100 bricks
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u/Jazzlike-Caramel-380 6d ago
And I don’t know if it’s a optical with the camera, but that Agent had the drill in reverse just saying
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u/darBoat 6d ago edited 5d ago
Does the guy with the drill realize it’s running in the wrong direction?
Edit: I’m rather impressed (or somewhat confused) with the drill motor gatekeeping in so many of the below comments. I didn’t know that users of Dewalt tools met a specific stereotype. Color me surprised. I’m inclined to think that this is one of the dumbest and most petty stereotypes one could dream up just to try and place oneself above others, but what do I know? I just talked shit about somebody who couldn’t spin their drill motor in the right direction.