Zombieblaster
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http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/dakar-rally-drug-bust
They shipped the truck from the Spanish port of Bilbao to Argentina, where it was loaded with the drugs in false bottoms at a farm located some 60 miles from Buenos Aires during one of the stages of the race.
"The vehicle had been totally transformed to adapt it to its supposed participation in the competition as a support truck, with publicity and logos of the event painted on its side," the police statement said.
"The drug trafficking ring even provided the vehicle with all the necessary technical and logistical material, including the official uniform of the competition."
Aside from the 814 kilos of cocaine, police also seized 15,000 ecstasy tablets, 4.5 kilos of hashish, two guns and just under €47,000 ($64,000) in cash.
They shipped the truck from the Spanish port of Bilbao to Argentina, where it was loaded with the drugs in false bottoms at a farm located some 60 miles from Buenos Aires during one of the stages of the race.
"The vehicle had been totally transformed to adapt it to its supposed participation in the competition as a support truck, with publicity and logos of the event painted on its side," the police statement said.
"The drug trafficking ring even provided the vehicle with all the necessary technical and logistical material, including the official uniform of the competition."
Aside from the 814 kilos of cocaine, police also seized 15,000 ecstasy tablets, 4.5 kilos of hashish, two guns and just under €47,000 ($64,000) in cash.
