Chrysler van comes fully loaded -- cocaine included..with pic.

[dixiegrrrrl]

The used Chrysler minivan came fully loaded, with power steering, foldaway seats, tinted windows -- and half a million dollars' worth of cocaine.

San Jose psychologist Charles Preston had no clue there was a cellophane-wrapped stash of "snow" hidden inside the frame when he bought the pristine-condition, 2008 van last year from Thrifty Car Sales in Santa Clara. True, the windows wouldn't roll down all the way. But he had no reason to suspect it was because the door panels were crammed with kilos of coke.

He found out 15 months later when he went to a mechanic to get his brakes checked, and immediately turned the contraband over to police. Now, he's terrified a drug cartel still may be gunning for it.

"People make jokes -- oh, you should have sold it," Preston said of the cocaine. "But honestly, I've never been so scared in my life, even when I was mugged in New York."

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_19329520

[4moronyears]

1. Buy minivan with coke.

Profit!

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. "It's the real thing.........."

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Considering the possible sources, he was lucky it wasn't body parts.

[MidwestTransplant]

3. Well it was actually worth far more than he paid when counting the "accessories."

[piratefish08]

4. okay. here's the plan. we're gonna reopen Studio 54. free rides home in the van.

can't fail.

who's with me?

who's in? cmon. cmon let's go everyone!

plans gonna work. gonna work..........


who's in???????

[ellisonz]

6. Epic drug war fail.

[JNelson6563]

7. "...the windows wouldn't roll all the way down..."

lol

I'll file that away for future reference.

[Octafish]

8. Smirko's old car?

Jebthro must've borrowed it and forgot to clean it out before turning it back in.

[hunter]

9. Here's my guess...

The police pulled over some unwitting schmuck who doesn't know he's driving for the drug gangs. Maybe the guy has a suspended driver's license or something. The police put the guy in the back seat of the police car and politely call the car rental company asking them to come pick up the car.

Wouldn't be so bad to be the guy who bought the car so much as the guys who let it get away.