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Old 15-12-2011, 07:14 PM   #1
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Default Drug bust lands two XBs, lets hope they dont get crushed!

Watching CH9 news and a drug raid around Brisbane nabbed serveral cars, two of which were XB Falcons, A metalic blue (GT sheme) sedan and a lime green XB coupe.

Please please please dont crush the cars!!!!!

Hopefully they will go to auction instead

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Old 15-12-2011, 07:16 PM   #2
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Default Re: Drug bust lands two XBs, lets hope they dont get crushed!

Arrggh.. I hope they go to auction too.. That C word is nasty. lalalala.. not listening..
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Old 15-12-2011, 08:43 PM   #3
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any video footage of the news report.
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Old 15-12-2011, 09:11 PM   #4
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Don't see why the cops would crush them. Are they worth anything? If they are proceeds of crime they would get sold off I would think.
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Old 15-12-2011, 09:15 PM   #5
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Don't see why the cops would crush them. Are they worth anything? If they are proceeds of crime they would get sold off I would think.
err... are they worth anything????
Both cars appeared to be in very good condition with very nice shiny paint, not rusty pieces of crap.
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Old 15-12-2011, 09:17 PM   #6
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Default Re: Drug bust lands two XBs, lets hope they dont get crushed!

That's right ... proceeds of crime usually go to auction.
Years ago I was at the Qld Govt auctions at Zilmere and a mint TS50 was on offer. It had been confiscated from a drug dealer.
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Goodo!!

Just wonder where and when the cars will end up for auction, should be something to keep an eye out for then
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Old 15-12-2011, 09:34 PM   #8
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Good bargens to be had!
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Old 15-12-2011, 09:56 PM   #9
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If Qld is like WA,a lot of the confiscated vehicles taken from drug raids, bikers etc, they will turn up at an interstate auction. This makes it difficult for them to be rebought by associates or the new owner being intimidated into selling the vehicl back to the previous person.
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Old 16-12-2011, 01:40 AM   #10
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They'll go up for auction but who knows when. I got a tour of the AFP property yard in Canberra a few years back and they had cars sitting around for years because the cases were still open or open to appeal.
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Old 16-12-2011, 06:50 AM   #11
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If it goes to auction as the proceedes of crime it will end up here if it was in Brisbane www.pt.qld.gov.au
Go to Our Services, auctions - motor vehicles but I would give it a while that is if they make it that far with out some one else getting them first
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they might trace the VINs back to the original owners...
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Good stuff at those police auctions! Let's hope these go to a good home!!

I went to one about ten years back in Bundy and there were several confiscated cars from drug plantations, one of them an XE Fairmont Ghia that was gold with the original mags, air, power steer, EFI six, auto, all the good stuff. The downer was that it looked like it'd been parked under a peppercorn tree with the windows down, and the interior was full of crap, but the body was straight and rust free. The cops wheeled over a bettery on a trolley with jumper leads and started it up, and it ran just fine first go, and everything seemed to work. Bidding started, and no one placed a bid. The auctioneer started it at $500, then dropped to $250, then $100, and said "Any bid at all?", and a guy standing beside me laughed and held up his card and said "Twenty bucks", and the auctioneer said "SOLD!"...the look of surprise on the guys face was hilarious, and he was straight on his mobile talking to someone about a trailer as he walked over to look at his new car...
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Old 16-12-2011, 12:49 PM   #14
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That needs to happen to me with an xb gt in place of the xe. Hahaha yeah right!!!
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err... are they worth anything????
Both cars appeared to be in very good condition with very nice shiny paint, not rusty pieces of crap.
Havent seen them so not sure what spec or condition they are in. They usually have to be worth a certain value to make it worthwhile to go through the process of recovering proceeds of crime. Usually the cops get a chance to apply to keep some stuff that they might be able to use. Might see Queensland police in a couple of xb's!!
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Might see Queensland police in a couple of xb's!!
Imagine them as undercover cop cars...
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