The war against crime

A dirty war in the making.... — A dirty war in the making….

Moments in automotive history #123

What the car lacked in speed it made up for in terms of driver protection.

Moments in automotive history #106

Although the coach airbags had operated, it became clear that they had been incorrectly fitted back at the factory.... — Although the coach airbags had operated, it became clear that they had been incorrectly fitted back at the factory….

View from a Rhino House: crime & punishment

In the early hours of yesterday morning thieves broke into a prison in northern Italy & made off with a safe containing over €5.000, it was reported.

The theft occurred shortly after midnight when the robbers managed to avoid detection by sophisticated surveillance systems & broke into the governor’s office at the prison in Pavia, near Milan, the newspaper Corriere della Sera said.

The safe was removed whole from the wall & carried away. Police are investigating the incident.

It has been suggested that the criminals apparently detailed knowledge of the prison’s layout & security systems may mean that the robbery is an “inside job” & it is believed that there may be a strong criminal element amongst the inmates.

Rumors that Sr. Berlusconi will appear on one of his many TV stations to deny any involvement could not, as yet, be confirmed.

"Bad news I'm afraid. It's definitely not there....." — “Bad news I’m afraid. It’s definitely not there…..”

View from a Rhino House: have safe, be fun

It was reported on Sunday that a man in Ohio found over 120 kilos of marijuana hidden inside a Mexican-made gun-safe that he bought over the internet.

The man had ordered the large, steel gun-safe from the Champion Safe Co. It was made in Nogales, Mexico, & trucked from Mexico to Champion’s warehouse local County Sheriff John Lenhart said.

The safe was delivered in June to the customer by an independent driver contracted by Champion, Lenhart added.

The marijuana, tightly wrapped in 10 packages, has a street value of $420,000, according to the sheriff. He said the truck’s shipment contained 30 safes, but that all the others were without the extras.

The US driver who delivered the safe to the customer has been cleared of any involvement, but the driver who delivered the shipment from Mexico to Ohio has gone missing, according to Lenhart. (If they haven’t paid him a visit yet, I bet his “friends” are making strenuous efforts to find him, too.)

He said the DEA normally would not be interested in what is considered to be a relatively small amount of marijuana. But the DEA is interested in learning more about the delivery method & size of such an operation.

“It’s a pretty decent way of smuggling,” Lenhart said. “My guess is that it’s not the first time it’s happened.”

A conflation of the war-against-drugs & guns, who could have seen that one coming?