Truck driver busted trying to hide 48 pounds of marijuana with mustard

[KellyinAvon]

Wow, just WOW! To borrow a line from Forrest Gump's Momma, "Stupid is as stupid does."

Prosecutors say the drugs were bound from California to Pennsylvania when they were intercepted in Putnam County. The suspect apparently thought covering his bags of marijuana with mustard would hide the odor. Instead, it’s what got him caught.

Driving east on I-70, a state trooper stopped the suspect’s truck for routine inspection and noticed an overwhelming smell of mustard inside the truck. The trooper then quickly discovered 48 pounds of high-grade marijuana covered in the condiment.

Is it still high-grade weed if covered by mustard? I'm leaning towards no.

Truck driver busted trying to hide 48 pounds of marijuana with mustard | Fox 59

 

[Birds Away]

So, just his personal stash?

 

[TB1999]

How often do truck drivers get pulled over for a "routine inspection"?

 

[KellyinAvon]

So, just his personal stash?

It was a 52 year old named Richard Sherman. It wasn't Willie Nelson.

 

[Birds Away]

It was a 52 year old named Richard Sherman. It wasn't Willie Nelson.

 

[femurphy77]

How often do truck drivers get pulled over for a "routine inspection"?

Probably regularly enough to call it routine. I see trucks pulled over all the time by non-LEO authority while driving various routes between Indy and SW OK!

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Probably regularly enough to call it routine. I see trucks pulled over all the time by non-LEO authority while driving various routes between Indy and SW OK!

What is "non-LEO authority"?

 

[TB1999]

Probably regularly enough to call it routine. I see trucks pulled over all the time by non-LEO authority while driving various routes between Indy and SW OK!

Oh..I've never seen that..not even once.

 

[Cameramonkey]

What is "non-LEO authority"?

I think he means the motor carrier enforcement folks. The ones that look like cops but arent and are checking driver logs, truck safety, etc.

 

[Bigtanker]

How often do truck drivers get pulled over for a "routine inspection"?

I've been driving a truck now for 8 years and I've never been stopped. Yet. I know it will happen sooner or later though.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Mere allegations!

 

[CountryBoy19]

How often do truck drivers get pulled over for a "routine inspection"?

It happens often. Many states have entire organizations devoted to making routine stops and inspections on commercial vehicles. No PC/RS needed, just routine roadside inspection. My dad runs a trucking company and has been stopped numerous times, it doesn't matter how good or bad your truck looks, how good your driving is, anybody can be stopped.

That being said, IIRC, Indiana's INDOT law enforcement division was mostly dismantled several years ago. You no longer see the cars on the road, and the routine stops/inspections are left up to regular law-enforcement officers, which more than likely aren't making routine stops, or making road-side vehicle inspections.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I think he means the motor carrier enforcement folks. The ones that look like cops but arent and are checking driver logs, truck safety, etc.

"Commercial vehicle enforcement" or something like that

 

[BogWalker]

At first I thought they meant he hid it among a shipment of packaged mustard, and I thought that made some sense. I have once again misjudged the stupidity of some people.

 

[KellyinAvon]

What is "non-LEO authority"?

I think that's what I have.

 

[hoosierdoc]

What is "non-LEO authority"?

The pipeline police

 

[DoggyDaddy]

What is "non-LEO authority"?

I think that's what I have.

Me too. I have Sagittarius authority.

 

[ammmorph]

Did he have a load of hot dogs & buns? Goes perfect with the other two ingredients.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Me too. I have Sagittarius authority.