Gothamist: $16 Million in Cocaine Hidden in Tractor Trailer

veeelchop

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:57:17 -0500

you can almost feel the collective "bummer" from midtown to the Hamptons

sonyactivision

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:19:01 -0500

That cop's nose itched.

drewo

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:31:49 -0500

But all the pharma drugs keep flowing in - no doubt many, many times the amount of "illicit" drugs that come into the city. But those pharma drugs come in brightly colored pills or capsules, in zippy packaging, with beguiling market-researched names and accompanied by TV ads with happy people floating in flower-filled fields while under the influence. And that's all okay. Because it's all about perception.

Anna_Merkin

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:11:21 -0500

I wonder how many pounds of cocaine are consumed in the city on a given weekend. Too bad we don't have government-style reporting of statistics on alcohol and illicit drugs. That would be interesting to follow - to watch the spikes in consumption, changes in prices relative to supply, impact of new product entries into the market, changes in demand from external events, etc.

thefacts

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:10:34 -0500

180,000 grams, then cut, say, 2 to 1 = 360,000 street grams. Perhaps a week's worth, since much of it will go to the suburbs as well

Alex

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:57:35 -0500

I wonder how many pounds of cocaine enter the city on the average day. There's no way this even makes a dent into that.

JMH

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:43:14 -0500

I'm no expert but 400 pounds strikes me as a lot of cocaine.

hungryghoast

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:11:05 -0500

at first i missed the word "Cocaine" in the headline and just figured it mus have been the trucker's gas money.

edEx

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:07:13 -0500

If the street value remains the same, this bust means nothing. in fact many times, trucks like this are decoys for the big loads that are coming in.

Kojak

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:02:12 -0500

This is a serious blow to Wall Street. The Dow is already down 40 points.