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Here’s an idea that’s one part skulduggery, one part idiocy and one part ’80s road comedy starring Burt Reynolds.

The story: A gang of drug runners needed to move some product from Argentina to Spain without drawing a lot of attention. Now, you could do the traditional under-cover-of-darkness route, or you could hide in plain sight by stashing your drugs in a car that’s running in one of the world’s most famous races. 

(Very important disclaimer: that car above is NOT the one the drug-runners used. That’s BMW’s Stephane Peterhansel and Jean Paul Cottret of France.)

Here’s how it went down. This crew of unconventional drug runners  …  Details

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