Cocaine and Cars
For some reason fast cars and cocaine seem to go together like razor blades and rolled Benjamins. After this week's cocaine-fueled Camaro crash, we thought we'd put together some of our best coke-fueled stories into one easy-to-recall eight ball-like package. No, not stories we've written high on coke. Stories about... OK, look, you get the picture. More »
This Man Swallowed An Entire Bag Of Cocaine
When transporting drugs in your vehicle, remember to always signal. Otherwise you might end up like 18-year-old Art Taylor who, upon being pulled over for not signaling, freaked out and swallowed a bag of cocaine. His mugshot says it all.
According to Framingham, Mass. police, they struggled with the teenager to stop him from swallowing a bag of white powder after they stopped him for a minor traffic offense. More »
Driver screams "I'm high on cocaine" after car crash
When Tony Deloach crashed into a parked car he forgot about the cocaine-laced rolled bill in his Camaro until an officer found it. Deloach then screamed "I'm high on cocaine!" and tried fleeing on foot. He didn't get far. More »
NASCAR Founder's Grandson Popped For DUI, Cocaine And Street Racing
A blasted-looking J.C. France, grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France and Grand-Am racer, was arrested in Daytona Beach with his "housemate" for an illegal trifecta: drug possession, street racing and DUI. Yup, Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
When police pulled over France and his housemate Richmond, he protested saying "I want your commander now. I am a France. Do you know what that means? We own this city." More »
Gang Moves 1,800 Lb Of Coke In Fake Dakar Rally Truck
A drug trafficking gang shipped a truck kitted up like an off-road racer to the Dakar Rally, transporting 1,800 lb. of cocaine, 15,000 ecstasy tablets and 4.5 kilos of hashish from Argentina to Ibiza. More »
The Rise and Fall of John DeLorean
On October 26, 1982, DeLorean was arrested for putting up $1.8 million to bring 100 kilos of cocaine into the United States. DeLorean stood to make $24 million from the deal, and he told a confidential informant (CI) for the FBI that he intended using the proceeds to salvage his dream, the DeLorean Motor Company, which faced ruin. Here's the story. More »