Interestingly, one month before Allen's arrest, the state passed a law that any person carrying 650 grams would face a life sentence. That's 1.4lbs. It says he snitched on 21 people and paroled after 2 years 4 months. Personally I hate snitches, but this guy has brought a lot of joy to millions of people.
Since we're on the topic, anyone watch Narcos on Netflix? It's all about Pablo Eacobar and man is it good. Just to bring this full circle, my parents friend was a big time cocaine trafficker in the 70s, 80s and 90s and actually flew planes in and out Columbia loaded down with coke. He then purchased a huge piece of property up in the woods here in CT that had a large pond in the middle. Plane would fly over, package would be dropped, they'd go fish it out. He owned a bar and the waitresses would carry "special orders" out under their serving trays to customers. He chopped up Corvettes and Harley's, bought and sold real estate, opened a business that bought and sold pallets, insurance fraud, anything he could to launder his money. The guy had an angle on everything. One night he was driving home with a small load and the DEA surrounded him and brought his *** to justice. Except one thing, he too was a snitch and only did 3 years. The DEA seized millions in property and cars, but in the end found very little cash. It was all buried in the ground.
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