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Old School Buses Take a Turn Down a Bad Road

This week, news reports from the web detailed how a couple of school buses have taken on some new passengers, illegal ones.

In Kinston, N.C., officers discovered a buried yellow bus that has taken on a greener look, and not one that benefits the environment. The bus, which was located under a backyard tool shed, had been transformed into a marijuana greenhouse. The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office had spent the last three years and even employed the use of a helicopter to find the source of pot. A recent purchase made by an undercover officer of several pounds of pot from the suspects led to the discovery. Deputies seized 68 plants, which were said to be worth around $40,000.

Southwest of the “green bus,” Webster Parish Sheriff’s Deputies found two things when they entered 21-year-old Troy Simmons’ old school bus: he was living in the bus and he had also turned it into a meth lab. Authorities found materials used to manufacture methamphetamines, including chemicals and tubing. In somewhat-related news, officers in Flat Rock, Ala., discovered a backpack in a tree that also turned out to be a meth lab. I guess size doesn’t matter when it comes to drug manufacturing.

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