Why, in the name of all that is good are we prosecuting these folks?

[Taverner]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/21/drugs.rural.america/index.html

RION, Georgia (CNN) -- The Dodge Neon sped down Interstate 40 in eastern Oklahoma, its occupants heading to Phoenix, Arizona, to buy a load of dope. It was May 2005. The couple brought along methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana to help pass the time on the long journey.

At that moment, Detective Rob Rumble had no clue that the traffic stop he was about to make would launch a years-long drug investigation stretching more than 2,000 miles, from the remote mountains of northwest Georgia all the way down to Mexico.

The investigation showed how an 83-year-old grandfather adapted to the times, morphing from old school bootlegging to dealing Mexican dope. His son acted as the ringleader of the operation. His grandson was tied in too, authorities say.

"I've seen it all. Nothing surprises me," said Rumble, a drug investigator for the district attorney's office in east-central Oklahoma.

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[cali]

1. because they were dealing drugs and laundering money? just a guess.

[Taverner]

2. Selling Pot - big deal

[billyoc]

3. No, DRIVING with "methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana" to PASS THE TIME.

You'd really have to be a stupid mother fucker to say that's okay.

[walldude]

4. Shit I opened the thread and thought they were prosecuting

Iggy, Bowie and Reed... :rofl:

[JuniperLea]

7. Snap!

I should have read further down the thread before posting!

Great minds, and all that. Or rockin' minds. Something, anyway! :rofl:

[madeline_con]

5. You're right, leave those poor meth heads alone!

What's it hurt to go on repeated wacked out cross country road trips? :crazy:

[JuniperLea]

6. David, Iggy, and Lou?

Oh jeez! What did they do now?