Pot Arrest on Whitestone(d) Bridge

2007_09_whitestone.jpgThe MTA Bridge and Tunnel police noticed that a truck had an "unstable load" and asked the driver to pull over yesterday. Inside the rig, the cops discovered 210 pounds of marijuana.

The Daily News reports that the seven bricks of marijuana were hidden among "pallets of shredded coconuts" (and there is a reference to the driver being 'coco-nuts'). And the Post says the driver claimed he was headed to Long Island, but the cargo had a NJ address. D'oh!

The street value of the stash is about $300,000. The Whitestone Bridge connects the Bronx and Queens. It was completed in time for the 1939 World's Fair and served as the gateway to the "World of Tomorrow," according to the MTA.

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Yet another reason to LEGALIZE IT!

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Jesus, just put it in your frickin' car and drive it over. Why raise suspicions with an unneccessary truck? Cripes.

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A year or two ago there was a guy transporting 700 pounds over the GW bridge in a rented truck. He probably would have been OK except the idiot took the truck on the lower level (trucks are only allowed on the upper level). He is surely a guest of the State right now.

Wasn't this part of the plot of Super Troopers?

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