Illicit weed is being moved around the country in rented, neatly-packed U-Haul trucks, until the K-9s get a sniff and blow their cover.
Los Angeles authorities are investigating a bizarre crash involving a rented U-Haul truck that slammed into the gates of the police and fire station Thursday night.
When first responders arrived on the scene, they found two passengers who had rented the truck, one who'd been shot in the arm. They also found several cardboard boxes filled with vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana.
Investigators are trying to determine how the shooting happened, authorities said.
At one point during the night, police say the driver who rented the U-Haul sideswiped a BMW but did not stop.
Both people in the weed-bearing truck were immediately arrested for possession of narcotics, according to a local ABC channel. The driver was taken to the hospital for treatment Friday morning.
Not The First Time U-Haul Was Caught Hauling Weed
Ohio Holds The Record
Two of the largest U-Haul hauls, so far, have occurred in Ohio. In 2014, troopers in Preble County seized 2,330 pounds of weed, worth more than $12 million, packed in a rented, brand new Ford U-Haul with Arizona plates.
“It was literally a ton,” patrol spokesman Lt. Jon Payer said at the time.
The largest seizure, so far, occurred in 2005 when troopers seized 3,181 pounds of marijuana, also in Preble County, which is about an hour northwest of Downtown Cincinnati.
Photo courtesy of Wise County Sherriff’s Office
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