1,918 Pounds of Cannabis. 1 Audi RS6 Avant. An Impossible Getaway.

"Vicente Esteve" (vicente-esteve) 05/22/2014 at 20:15 • Filed to: RS6 Avant

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This happening took place about 5 years ago, but stumbling upon the story was eye opening, and was worth posting in my favourite website of them all. Yes, someone used a V10 Twin Turbo Powered Audi RS6 Avant to carry a stash of marijuana. This later turned into a pursuit, which gave this Audi Wagon use as a getaway car. After reading it, this has become for me the actual definition of Perfect Getaway Car.

Now, we all know the market of an Audi RS6 Avant isn't the biggest out there. But what it doesn't have in quantity, it as in specialness. There are some footballers, celebs, and the usual car enthusiast who made enough money to buy this wagon of dreams. But this particular Audi RS6 wagon got one hell of an owner, a european drug dealer.

In Mexico, we have got a couple of people who have that kind of unique life style, but they mostly go around in big American SUV's/Trucks. Escalades, Navigators, Raptors, Mark LTs, Rams, Grand Cherokees etc. which have 450 HP at most, but their use is on ranches and rough trails, so they have a point. This european drug dealer however, spent most of his time on the open road, probably as a transporter of some sort. His job was to the drop off spot while carrying hundreds of thousands of dollars in drugs fast. Audi RS6 Avant fast.

Although this may seem like a very smart men with his car choice, he can be deemed an idiot for how he transported the material. He had to carry 27 Large bags of the dough and get them to whatever point B he had been ordered. Anyone would try and hide them in random places though the vehicle that would be away from prying eyes. But no. What he did, was load up the 1900+ pounds in the trunk as if they were golf clubs. Not a tint of a window or a partial shelf covered them at all.

This is a photo that the traffic safety organisation took of the Audi. Ironically, the police didn't notice his existence due to the "suspicious" cargo he carried at the rear, but by the fact he was speeding. Now tell me, who the hell wouldn't be! You have thousands of pounds of illegal bambam in the back of your car, completely uncovered, a deadline to keep, and 571 Twin Turbocharged Lamborghini offspringed HP at the disposal of your right foot.

When the police first set chase, they were on the highway that goes from Huelva and Seville in Spain, with pretty much light traffic ahead. Yes, you guessed it right, the police never had a glimpse of hope of catching this bastard. Even more so, when in a 12 mile stretch he got to hit 149 MPH. Eventually, traffic gave in, and the police catched up. The guy drove off-road the bewitching wagon into a hidden spot so he could run for it. When the police finally reached the Avant, this is what they found.

What you see there fellow Opponauts is $180,500 worth of grass. Which actually isn't quite what the RS6 Avant was worth in the first place. In a way, I'm quite happy about all this. Finally, an RS6 Avant was used for what it was basically designed for. Hauling the most load possible, to any place required, at any speed necessary.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > Vicente Esteve 05/22/2014 at 20:24

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That dude is a badass

Vicente Esteve > E30Joe drives a Subaru 05/22/2014 at 20:31

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Haha he gets my approval

Sn210 > Vicente Esteve 05/22/2014 at 20:37

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Now what should I use to heist a RS6 Avant?

Vicente Esteve > Sn210 05/22/2014 at 20:45

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Uh, uh. RS3??

Manuél Ferrari > Vicente Esteve 05/22/2014 at 20:49

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This story was AWESOME

Dsscats > Vicente Esteve 05/22/2014 at 20:50

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HELLAFLUSH

Vicente Esteve > Manuél Ferrari 05/22/2014 at 21:00

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When I read it, I was like. Man, how the hell hasn't this reached Jalopnik. But obviously, bringing it to you I had to write it in my style.

Somethingwittyer likes noisy > Vicente Esteve 05/22/2014 at 21:01

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I am better knowing this happened.

Vicente Esteve > Dsscats 05/22/2014 at 21:02

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Hahah, I don't know how the hell that suspension went up to 150 MPH without exploding or something!

Vicente Esteve > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 05/22/2014 at 21:02

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Trust me, everyone here is!

D > Vicente Esteve 05/22/2014 at 21:08

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That's precisely what this car was built for.

Vicente Esteve > D 05/22/2014 at 21:12

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Exactly the same thought! It is for going 140+MPH, Carrying things to the point your rear view is obstructed, and overtaking shit.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Vicente Esteve 05/22/2014 at 21:17

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So the guy ditched the car and got away? Then the car did it's job flawlessly. For a drug dealer I'm sure losing 1 car and a stash of pot is way easier to deal with than getting caught. He probably made his money back on the next run(according he didn't get killed for losing a shipment?).

Altho I do not condone drug smuggling at all. I approve of the use of this car for this purpose.

I guess those of us in North America will have to stick to the CTS-V Wagon for our drug smuggling duties.

Vicente Esteve > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 05/22/2014 at 21:21

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Haha, I don't know if he got away, but he sure used that RS6 Avant fine. I mean, I also don't like the illegal part ofd the story, but credit where credits due, that Audi did its job Brilliantly.

And about that Caddy with bootlegger abilities:

Wallpaper Worthy

BeaterGT > Vicente Esteve 05/22/2014 at 21:43

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Hell or High Watermelon, aww yea.

extraspecialbitter > Vicente Esteve 05/22/2014 at 21:47

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PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > Vicente Esteve 05/22/2014 at 22:08

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note to self: If I ever sell weed or any other quantitative drug, I should get a fast wagon

Vicente Esteve > extraspecialbitter 05/22/2014 at 22:41

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Vicente Esteve > PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power 05/22/2014 at 22:42

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Or A.... No, NOTHING is better!

SalsaShark > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 05/23/2014 at 12:33

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1finite > Vicente Esteve 05/23/2014 at 12:55

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I think 1,918 lbs of cannabis is worth a lot more than $180k. Try at least 10x that price.

Vicente Esteve > 1finite 05/23/2014 at 13:11

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The source where I read the news said it was worth about that much. It happened 5 years ago, but I havent got a clue if prices would vary

1finite > Vicente Esteve 05/23/2014 at 13:40

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In that case, I need to quit my day job and find where people are selling marijuana for $100 a pound.

Illuminatty Light > 1finite 05/23/2014 at 14:29

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Even trim sells for like $500 a pound commercially.

505Turbeaux > Vicente Esteve 05/23/2014 at 14:42

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1finite > Illuminatty Light 05/23/2014 at 15:07

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I know, that's why $180k for 1918 pounds seems... off...

Outie5000 > Vicente Esteve 05/28/2014 at 13:00

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Expect 3500/lb to 5000/lb for good and better. Even mexicalidirtweed is at least 1000/lb.

Vicente Esteve > Outie5000 05/28/2014 at 14:51

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you know, I've got no idea. You know better than me with this.

jordang1028 > Vicente Esteve 12/08/2015 at 12:53

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Cool story, but there is no way in hell that you could fit almost 2,000 pounds of plant matter in that, or any wagon. Each of those bricks is maybe 30-50 pounds unless it is hash or some type of concentrate.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Vicente Esteve 12/08/2015 at 14:18

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This is a hilarious story, but your cover picture made me click in.

An RS6 Avant, with an expensive-looking registration plate, hauling cannabis down Garden Road in Central Hong Kong is not a very likely sight outside of an action movie.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Vicente Esteve 12/08/2015 at 15:45

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I bet it smelled great in that Avant!

JeepJeremy > Vicente Esteve 12/08/2015 at 16:01

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Plus bonus points for taking it off road and using the all wheel drive?

Vicente Esteve > JeepJeremy 12/08/2015 at 17:43

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Of course.

davedave1111 > 1finite 12/08/2015 at 21:04

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It was hash, not bud. For the low-grade Moroccan stuff which is smuggled across the Med and into Spain in speedboats, the retail price back then in Spain was less than €1/gram even for little bits - and there are 454g in 1lb, so call it €400/lb at street price, or thereabouts, when sold the most expensive way.

Sounds reasonable to cut that about in half for bigger bits - €20,maybe - and by then we’re in the ballpark of the value quoted for street prices. In southern Spain, in that quantity, the true value is probably far lower - I’d guess in the region of a quarter.

davedave1111 > Outie5000 12/08/2015 at 21:07

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The European hash equivalent of dirt weed is the low-grade Morocco which is smuggled in through southern Spain. That crap sells for well under $500/lb at retail prices, let alone for bulk.

Hell, I was last in Amsterdam not all that long ago - maybe a bit before this story happened - and even expensive tourist-trap coffeeshops weren’t charging more than €1/gram.

alexlam24 > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 07/07/2019 at 12:28

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We have the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo