# Dakar rally support crew imposter caught with 800kg of coke! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dakar-rally-support-crew-imposter-caught-with-800kg-of-coke/153307 "2010-04-13T12:20:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dakar-rally-support-crew-imposter-caught-with-800kg-of-coke/153307/1 "2010-04-13T12:20:10Z")
> ``` > Spain seizes fake Dakar rally lorry loaded with cocaine > > ``` > ``` > ![http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47639000/jpg/_47639396_-2.jpg](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47639000/jpg/_47639396_-2.jpg) The lorry was painted with race logos and advertising > > Spanish police say they have seized more than 800kg (1,760lbs) of cocaine from a lorry disguised as an official backup vehicle for the Dakar rally. > > ``` > > The lorry was infiltrated into the race, which now takes place in South America, and loaded with cocaine before being shipped to Spain, police said. > The final destination for the drugs was the Spanish island of Ibiza, home to a major drugs trafficking ring. > Police said the cocaine was cleverly hidden in false bottoms in the lorry. > **‘Transformed’** > The vehicle was sent from Bilbao in Spain to Argentina where it was loaded with the cocaine during a stage of the famous auto and motorcycle rally, held from 1-16 January. > It then followed the race to its conclusion before being shipped back to Bilbao, where it was seized by police when it arrived on Friday. > “The vehicle had been totally transformed to adapt it to its supposed participation in the competition as a support truck, with publicity and logos of the event painted on its side,” a police statement released on Tuesday said. > In a joint operation with police in Argentina, Spanish police arrested seven suspects in Bilbao, Barcelona and Ibiza, all of them Spaniards. > Police said they were all members of a major drugs trafficking ring which was trying to smuggle the cocaine to the Balearic island of Ibiza in time for its famous summer party season. > The police said they also seized 15,000 ecstasy pills, hashish, guns and 47,000 euros (£41,500; $64,000) in cash. > Another 6,000 euros and false documents were found in an apartment in Barcelona that police suspect was used by the alleged head of the smuggling ring. > The Dakar rally was switched from Africa to South America in 2009 over security fears. > **[BBC News - Spain seizes fake Dakar rally lorry loaded with cocaine](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8618428.stm)** > > Spanish police say they have seized a huge cocaine haul from a lorry disguised as a backup vehicle for the Dakar rally. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dakar-rally-support-crew-imposter-caught-with-800kg-of-coke/153307/2 "2010-04-13T12:24:15Z")
jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuussssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dakar-rally-support-crew-imposter-caught-with-800kg-of-coke/153307/3 "2010-04-13T12:32:47Z")
Ibiza is where the partys at. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dakar-rally-support-crew-imposter-caught-with-800kg-of-coke/153307/4 "2010-04-13T12:35:58Z")
seriously, when can i get on the next thing smokin heading that way? ---
**Author:** ![1sik\_bmw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1sik_bmw/32/7341_2.png) [@1sik\_bmw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1sik_bmw)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dakar-rally-support-crew-imposter-caught-with-800kg-of-coke/153307/5 "2010-04-13T12:53:15Z")
wowww thats some heavy stuff there ---
**Author:** ![Random\_Hero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/random_hero/32/5235_2.png) [@Random\_Hero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Random_Hero)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dakar-rally-support-crew-imposter-caught-with-800kg-of-coke/153307/6 "2010-04-13T16:12:36Z")
dayum ---
**Author:** ![DokiZen6x](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dokizen6x/32/5386_2.png) [@DokiZen6x](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DokiZen6x)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dakar-rally-support-crew-imposter-caught-with-800kg-of-coke/153307/7 "2010-04-13T16:22:28Z")
well, it was a good plan… Ill give em that.