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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 12:19 PM
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Bad day? --->Dope smuggler's pickup gets stuck on homemade ramp over border fence
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/295569.php




The ramp trick didn’t turn out so well for a doper smuggler on the
Tohono O’odham Reservation near the San Miguel Gate.

An old pickup truck carrying 314 pounds of marijuana on Monday got
stuck on a homemade bridge placed over a vehicle barrier made of
criss-crossed railroad ties, according to a news release from the
U.S. Border Patrol. The front wheels became wedged
between the rails of the metal ramp.

Agents found 22 bundles of marijuana in a concealed compartment
underneath the bed of the truck.


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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 12:25 PM
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1. I hate when that happens.
;)
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 12:33 PM
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2. That could ruin a whole week
:hi:

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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 12:48 PM
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6. My guess, it's going to ruin more than a week.
;)


:hi:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 12:36 PM
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3. The Tohono O’odham Reservation gets a lot of border/smuggling activity
Edited on Wed Jun-03-09 12:39 PM by Whoa_Nelly
Sister of a friend of mine was killed in a car crash on one of those roads, AZ side.
Truck transporting dope did a head on with her car.


Story here
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/182287

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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 12:44 PM
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4. It's so bad, there is a Border Patrol checkpoint between Tucson and Kitt Peak.
:hi:

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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 12:45 PM
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5. What's the point of going to all the trouble
Of making a secret compartment, and carrying your own portable border jumping ramp with you..... if you can't hold the damn steering wheel steady enough to make it over the damn thing?

Geez.... looks like they need a drug smuggler driving course for these guys :rofl:
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 01:56 PM
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7. nice ramps, I could use those
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