Looks like these convicts lives went south after always coming second in the science fairs growing up. What you see in the picture above is an elaborate setup that two Kentucky methamphetamine dealers rigged up via their drug-running vehicle. At the push of a button, a hobby rocket shoots out of the car with the illegal substances leaving the suspects scotch-free. Or so they hoped.
It didn't go as planned, it didn't launch correctly. The driver then fled the vehicle and discarded a small bag containing approximately 2 grams of methamphetamine, while the passenger remained in the vehicle. The trooper and a backup officer apprehended the men, searched the vehicle, and discovered the rocket as well as devices that appeared to be pipe bombs hidden in the trunk.
Officers seized 2 pounds of ice methamphetamine concealed in the hobby rocket, the 2 grams of methamphetamine that the driver had tossed after fleeing the vehicle, 38 grams of ice methamphetamine that had been concealed in the three PVC pipes, and 14 grams that had been concealed in a false-bottomed can, as well as 105 hydrocodone, 41 Viagra, 39 Xanax, 32 Cialis, and 7 Klonopin tablets, and $13,534.
Drugs are bad, mmkay.
[DEA.gov:
Intelligence Brief]