May 24, 2009

Big smoke in Costco car park

It is funny how some places can become totally anonymous these days and it seems the busier the place, the less likely that people are going to take notice of it.

Take the car park of a huge supermarket chain in the US; it is probably the least likeliest place that you would choose to sell drugs, but not in Boston.

Police and other officials observed a deal going down at lunch time in the car park of Costco in Peabody, the deal began. Rented trucks, fork lift trucks and trailers were the main part of the deal; the authorities made their move and found that there was over five hundred pounds of marijuana and over $200,000 in cash.

Five men were arrested at the scene and can expect to spend a considerable time in prison.

Source [Boston]