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SubconsciousBraider t1_iyfywrh wrote

So, he was the one using an angle grinder to get the coke, but he "knew nothing" about his partner's purchase. Riigghhht!

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insideoutcognito t1_iygl8nu wrote

Yeah, why would you take an angle grinder to a piece of equipment your partner bought.

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ShadowDragon8685 t1_iygmg0i wrote

Honestly, "spite and rage" might make an effective defense there. I cannot tell you how many times my uncle, enraged at me for doing things not-the-way-he-would-have-done-it, threatened to destroy something I had bought to do something my way. For example: LED light-bulbs. Yes, they have an up-front sticker-shock price, and he hated them over incandescent light bulbs, but the sensible thing, once they're already bought, it to just use them.

Instead he would rage, and scream "I'm gonna break these fuckin' things!" at me.

So, yeah, this guy could potentially defend himself by claiming to be so furious at his partner's profligate spending that, rather than attempt to offload the machine at a loss and recoup some of the money, or trying to find work they could undertake now they had an excavator, he got furious and destructive.

Would that work? Hahahah, who knows? But it might.

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izzo34 t1_iyhqz7v wrote

I've dead ass known people to do it. They actually would destroy shit

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QuinticSpline t1_iylc3l7 wrote

>Honestly, "spite and rage" might make an effective defense there.

Taking an angle grinder to an excavator would be waaaay too slow to satisfy someone's rage.

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wqferr t1_iyg4ip9 wrote

What was filled: the lot, the excavator, or the partner?

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Bajakid t1_iyg6b3j wrote

276 kilos of coke for $30k? Something is off here.

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yawningangel t1_iygc4s6 wrote

$30k was on the company books as a cost of purchasing the machine.

A legitimate paper trail to cover the import..I'm just next to where this guy was based, street price for coke is around $300 AUD a gram and is likely to be 80% glucose

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Bajakid t1_iyg7gsp wrote

Ok, still off. A single kilo of coke is worth $30k US. 216 = $6,480,000 . The tractor alone is worth at least $50k

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LazerWolfe53 t1_iygl0hh wrote

If you report in your taxes that your excavator was $8 million it's going to draw some attention.

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