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A cafe I used to frequent became a meth-dealers' hub of operations. One exceptional day he seemed to be coordinating receipt of some large shipment, and he sta

A cafe I used to frequent became a meth-dealers' hub of operations. One exceptional day he seemed to be coordinating receipt of some large shipment, and he started freaking out about some truck driver not being where he was supposed to be who apparently had a tail to monitor his whereabouts. Over the phone with the tail, quite loudly despite being on public display, he instructed the tail to "deploy the kite". Once deployed, he monitored a video+audio feed on his laptop from what must have been a kite surveillance drone. From the feed he seemed to discover the driver was on the phone arguing with his wife, and apparently this was the reason for pulling over. Based on this experience I'm under the impression gangs are definitely already using drones. You probably don't hear much about it, because they're being successful.

loh 5y ago
I'm curious as to how you knew he's a meth dealer. I'm guessing he was being very overt about his operations? That seems like it would be really entertaining, at least until he figures out you're paying close attention.
- pengaru 5y ago
  He told the tail something along the lines of "He's pulled over on the side of the road? He has meth shit in the back!" Up until that day I had no idea what he was dealing, but he was obviously a drug dealer; every week a cadre of scummy looking people would meet him in the cafe and give him their burner phones, he'd toss the phones into his backpack and give them all new ones. This story has way more ridiculousness to it, especially from that particular day... maybe for another time.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    Sounds like you've been watching Better Call Saul! Although, they were handing over stacks of cash instead of swapping burners, but yeah, essentially the same premise.
    - pengaru 5y ago
      I really wish I were inventing all this. It eventually became quite a nuisance when the guy vanished and undercover police took his place thinking I was tied to it, due to being a regular with no apparent occupation.
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loh 5y ago

I'm curious as to how you knew he's a meth dealer. I'm guessing he was being very overt about his operations? That seems like it would be really entertaining, at least until he figures out you're paying close attention.

pengaru 5y ago
He told the tail something along the lines of "He's pulled over on the side of the road? He has meth shit in the back!" Up until that day I had no idea what he was dealing, but he was obviously a drug dealer; every week a cadre of scummy looking people would meet him in the cafe and give him their burner phones, he'd toss the phones into his backpack and give them all new ones. This story has way more ridiculousness to it, especially from that particular day... maybe for another time.
- dylan604 5y ago
  Sounds like you've been watching Better Call Saul! Although, they were handing over stacks of cash instead of swapping burners, but yeah, essentially the same premise.
  - pengaru 5y ago
    I really wish I were inventing all this. It eventually became quite a nuisance when the guy vanished and undercover police took his place thinking I was tied to it, due to being a regular with no apparent occupation.

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