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There are multiple ways to make meth, and sudafed extraction is just one of them.

Any bets that these two are illegals, who bring such talents and disease to the U.S.

And we wonder why we have a problem at the border? Definitely a problem.

Sucks for the SO that they seized drugs and not cash.

Did they at least get a good car out of the deal?

Come on Kingfish...banning Sudafed has seriously cut down on shake and bake meth labs. The clean up from these labs was very expensive and dangerous to boot. The large Mexican labs have stepped in to provide high grade meth to the losers who eat that stuff. The only downside to putting the shake and bake labs out of business is that the cookers now don’t blow themselves up....

Sudafed is not banned. And if they were just passing through, what difference would it make?

4:42 has a good point, the super labs in China and Mexico use a completely different formula.

Oh, and I would NOT hit that.

The best meth is blue, I thought.

Thanks for posting this, Kingfish! I have been waiting for my damn delivery all day.

Folks. The 1st annual 4th of July God Meth America food free cookout and freakout is officially cancelled.

Kingfish, I realize your comments are to get a conversation started but you really don't think that stuff was made in this state.

Plate readers. Recording your every move. Welcome to the surveillance state.

Another great job by Rankin S.O. Thanks for getting this poison off the street.
Please know that what you do is appreciated by the law abiding citizens of Rankin County.

You are right as rain with the sudafed comment. You think this stuff was produced in California in somebody's bathtub? Not likely. Lots more probable that it was the product of a state of the art lab somewhere south of the border (or west of the International Date Line) and smuggled into this country.

An interesting point largely overlooked that tends to confirm my view is that the purity of meth has steadily increased while the price has gone down. In other words -- despite the seemingly limitless supply of folks willing to buy the stuff -- there is more around now than ever. Hence lower prices and higher purity.

This might be a good lesson to remember for when they get around to outlawing some subset of guns. So long as there is demand there will be somebody somewhere willing to produce, smuggle, and sell the contraband. Liquor, dope, guns, and other even more morally disordered things, e.g., kiddie porn.

Plate readers or not, the police didn't have probable cause to search the car. These two bean heads could have told the cops no. This whole thing could have been avoided.

They made it from Texas I assume, again a stop by the Rankin County Drug Deputies. Methinks a alternate route for mules avoiding I20 in Rankin would be recommended.As noted earlier, no cash, just dope.
Maybe the root cause is not the border but dope head Americans?

Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes

Andy Taggart's drug war won't put a single dent in this kind of stuff. But we all will pay for it nonetheless. Your tax dollars at work.

Surprised they made it past Louisiana HP. "improper lane change"

I want to know why these busts always happen in Rankin? They drove 1000 miles and this was the only traffic violation they did? I feel like Rankin SO knows they are coming somehow.

@ 5:29 - yes, yes it is...

I have that exact same hammer.

I guess there was a reason the plate-reader statutes got posted as a link at 10:19 a.m. But if these plate-readers are being used in Texas and Mississippi, perhaps at Vicksburg, they could certainly track vehicles crossing through most of Texas and crossing the River at Vicksburg, still headed east.

According to the link, Arkansas has a statute precluding their use by law enforcement; however, there is no statute in Mississippi or Texas precluding or restricting their use. If they are used by Rankin County, would that fact be subject to public information rules?

It defies common sense to suggest all of these Mexicans are weaving or crossing the center line.