Two men in Missouri were arrested following an inspired, though unsuccessful, attempt at concealing evidence by launching it out of their car in a rocket. Apparently nervous about driving around with $145,000 worth of methamphetamine, the suspects rigged their trunk with ropes and pulleys to position the drug-filled rocket, which would ignite with a push of the dashboard cigarette lighter. It didn't work.
A few reasons why this might be a bad idea come to mind:
1. Knowing your rights is always easier than rigging your car so that when you push the cigarette lighter the trunk pops open and launches your stash far away with rockets.
2. Police tend to be edgy during traffic stops. If they pull you over and your trunk pops open and a rocket shoots out in their general direction, they'll totally freak out and shoot you repeatedly.
3. If the rocket actually launches successfully and you're not shot to death, they'll look for the rocket. And if they find it -- which they will -- you can't say "Well that could be anybody's rocket full of meth you found in a field 300 yards away with my fingerprints on it."
If and when Congress authorizes the death penalty for meth, we may reconsider our stance on the "stash rocket" approach to police encounters, but for now we'll stick with the conventional tactics offered in BUSTED.