I bought one of those cars at the auctions down in San Ysidro. Great deal on a truck. 7200 for a five year old 4X4. Drugs were supposedly in the trailer the truck was pulling. Two weeks later the thing dies going up a hill. I get a tow and tell the mechanic where I bought it. He says he’ll have to call the DEA if he finds an “extra” somewhere or a kilo broke open in the gas tank. Talk about sweating bullets! (It was the cat converter.) Anyway I took it to the military base and had the dogs sweep it. All clear but I don’t think I would buy another one.
Todays environment has me the same way with “drug dealers” carnage (or EPA for that matter). How do you explain to a DEA guy or LEO that your house was a prior DD’s? Because the plumber found a kilo in the sewer cleanout. You’ll still go to jail, you’ll still be on the news, you’ll still be a suspected offender…god save you if your job has security issues. Just because it’s a deal!? I got just a little close to it and wouldn’t do it again. Images of downtown jail and the explaining I’d have to had done (plus legal costs) ain’t worth no amount of cash. Not to mention involving the family and anyone home at time of the arrest.