Tuesday, August 20, 2013

My husband, the drug dealer


So Adrian bought a new car. And when I say new I mean it is 18 years old, but new to us. It is a Mitsubishi Eclipse which is his favorite affordable car. This is the 4th eclipse he has owned.
Four days after he bought this eclipse he got pulled over because his temporary license plate "looked suspicious". Now, he did not get pulled over by any regular cop, it just so happened to be the K-9 officer with the drug dog who pulled him over. Right away, Adrian was asked to step out of the car because his car smelled really strongly of marijuana. Adrian tried to explain that he just bought the car and had the bill of sale to show the cop right there. The cop did not care what Adrian had to say, he made Adrian sit on side of the road in the 100 degree heat with his hands on his knees. Adrian was not allowed to move while about 7 more cops showed up and began searching his car. He was told if he tried to run for it, they would send the dogs on him or tase him. The cops all said the car smelled really strong of marijuana. At one point the main cop told Adrian that Adrian smelled strongly of marijuana too and that if needed they would send Adrian to a medical clinic to check all his bodily crevices to find the drugs. Adrian said he was a bit scared at first because the cops were being so harsh and mean to him, but after a while and them finding nothing, Adrian was making jokes to them. They searched Adrian's car for 4 whole hours. They took it to a shop and had parts of the car taken apart looking for the drugs.  The whole time Adrian had to sit on the side of the road, this was the end of June so it was so hot. After 4 hours of nothing turning up, they finally let Adrian go, giving him only carwash coupons for their inconvenience to him. We did notice when we bought the car it has a distinct smell, but to us it smells like an old oily dingy car, we're so naive that we did not recognize the smell of marijuana. In the end we now get a laugh of it, but Adrian keeps saying that it was his brown skin, brown eyes and black hair that made them so suspicious of him having drugs. This probably would not have happened to an old white lady driving the same car. 

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