Drug Dealers Using Hybrid Cars Now: Smuggling Internal Batteries
Who says drug dealers don’t care about the environment? Well, that’s kind of a joke, and let me tell you why. It turns out that car batteries have become a popular place to store illegal drugs trying to cross the border and travel across the country. Consider if you can how many batteries are in a hybrid because these days, and each of these batteries has multiple cells that can be filled with contraband. No, I am not going to reveal any secret to the drug dealers, they already know this trick, because they have been using it more often these days.
Of course, now the authorities are after them, and I suppose if you have a Toyota Prius they can stop you at the border while they check your batteries, or have the dogs come in to sniff around. It’s amazing how incredibly innovative and creative these people are with their contraband, can you imagine if they took that creativity and innovation and applied it to some new type of business in some high tech industry? Imagine how much money they could make and the incredible return on investment they could have with all the cash they have already generated.
Of course, they’re not just putting drugs inside the batteries anymore, they’re driving these hybrid cars back across the border with cash trapped in those dry battery cells, money they’ve made selling those drugs on this side. from the edge. Back to my joke; obviously drug dealers do care about hybrid cars and alternative energy, because so far it has been a good cover for moving their products and money around. Those days are over because the Department of Homeland Security is on the scene keeping an eye on these things, and the border patrol knows what’s going on, too.
Things have been tough in the real battery industry right now, and several of the Department of Energy’s big grants and loans haven’t blown up and produced the jobs expected from that economic stimulus. For example, A123 Systems Battery Company filed for bankruptcy, along with several others, and only two of the companies that received six of the very large DOE grants were able to honor their promises, commitments, or contracting obligations after accepting that money.
In fact, there was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on this topic published on March 31, 2012 titled; “Car Battery Start-Ups Fizzle” by Mike Ramsey” which is well worth reading.
Maybe drug cartels can get into the hybrid car battery business and become legit, just kidding. In the end, they could make more money and also continue to help the hybrid car and alternative energy industry. Perhaps you yourself have a sense of humor and can see the irony in all of this. Please think about it.
