It looks like these two drug traffickers took a page right out of a James Bond film and decided to use semi-trucks to transport drugs in liquid form.
Oklahoma police were able to stop more than half a ton of liquid meth from hitting United States streets.
As per CBS Local Chicago on their report on this pair of miscreants who tried to sneak in 1,262 pounds of liquid methane across state lines earlier this week (Oct. 24, 2018) police received a tip that there was a suspicious semi-trucked parked several meters away from a hotel parking lot. I’ve embedded an image of where the semi-truck was parked below.
Upon further investigation, OK police found that there was approximately 1,262 pound of liquid methamphetamine in the diesel tanks of the trucks, presumably headed to an illegal distribution center where it would be parsed out to dealers.
With a street value of $4.4 million, this wasn’t any small operation and is now the largest seizure of drugs in Oklahoma history.
Both the driver and passenger are currently in a Cleveland County detention center as this is still an active investigation.
If this situation sounds familiar to anyone reading it’s because using tanker trucks to transport drugs was a plot line to a very popular James Bond movie in the 90’s, “A Licence to Kill” starring Timothy Dalton.
In ALTK, Bond infiltrates and successfully thwarts the drug activities of a drug cartel trying to pawn off its drugs to the wealthiest bidders. By diluting their cocaine in diesel fuel, they used bog-standard tanker trucks, similar to the ones caught by Oklahoma police, they thought they could get away with their scheme.
But, just like in real life, the good guys always prevail and their operation literally goes up in smoke before their scheme could ever take off.
I’m not sure if these guys ever saw that Bond film but the similarities between the two plotlines surely can’t be a coincidence. Perhaps someone on the OK police force watched the same movie as well?
Source: CBS Local Chicago
