Dutch Crash Burns 3 Tons of Hash

[Puffin13]

Dutch Crash Burns 3 Tons of Hash
By Associated Press
March 2, 2007, 3:33 PM EST

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Three tons of hashish went up in smoke Friday, incinerated by Dutch authorities after a van carrying the illicit cargo crashed and scattered it across the road.

Detectives were hunting the van's driver and a passenger who fled the scene, leaving behind the wrecked vehicle and its $20 million cargo.

"It's not something you see every day," police spokesman Hielke Vogelzang said, adding that police were tracing the owner of the van, but "it may be stolen or leased."

The crash happened during the morning commute on a highway outside the town of Avenhorn, about 20 miles north of Amsterdam, police said.

Vogelzang said it was unknown whether the vehicle's occupants were injured, but "we're confident we'll catch up to them sooner or later."

Police said the van was heading toward Amsterdam when its driver lost control for unknown reasons. They said eyewitnesses saw the van hit a barrier, flip and clip another car before coming to rest. The two occupants ran away.

Packages of hash were scattered around the area, local media reported, and Vogelzang said that hundreds more were found stacked on wooden pallets inside the van.

Marijuana and hash are technically illegal in the Netherlands, but under the country's tolerance policy, police do not arrest anybody for possession of small amounts.

It is sold openly in licensed shops -- which, paradoxically, have no way of legally acquiring their chief product.

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[pan4gold49]

Thats leaving me
21 days and counting the primary thing I buying is hash

[711]

I can't imagine a van carrying 3 tons of anything, that's a lot of weight.

But still, entire pallets of hash, jesus. I wonder if anybody made off with any of the "packages"?

[DC]

Detectives were hunting the van's driver and a passenger who fled the scene, leaving behind the wrecked vehicle and its $20 million cargo.

I'd say the cops were the least of that guys worries....20 mill Ouch!

[BigRobb]

Would this have been for the coffee shop trade or something else??

[sirphobose]

three tons sounds like several million lungfuls of fun does that, i would have thpught that if it was three tons then its more likely to be for smuggling purposes. If not it would be the legal level of stock (500g) for 5442 coffeeshops (working on the US ton). Anyway i'm sure there'll be enough hash to see me through my next visit!!

[711]

I got 5376 coffeeshops. One of us must be too stoned for the math.

[sirphobose]

quite possibily there are more definitions of ton(nes) than you'd have thought it practiablein ths day and age, anyway it's a ton of gear (geddit!?)

[711]

Hahaha, there's my laugh for today.

And such a cheap laugh too. I feel like a whore.

Anyway, props to you.