Smuggling with panache.

The EDSBS folks will be doing this proper under the auspices of the Digital Viking, but this makes me cry salty tears of joy:

Spanish police say they have seized more than 800kg (1,760lbs) of cocaine from a lorry disguised as an official backup vehicle for the Dakar rally.The lorry was infiltrated into the race, which now takes place in South America, and loaded with cocaine before being shipped to Spain, police said. The final destination for the drugs was the Spanish island of Ibiza, home to a major drugs trafficking ring. Police said the cocaine was cleverly hidden in false bottoms in the lorry.

To review -- some enterprising gents are moved to smuggle close to a ton of cocaine to Ibiza (coals/newcastle, yes -- but they burn a lot of coal in Newcastle, if you know what I mean). To do so, they infiltrate the most dangerous motorsport event in the world (even in its attenuated, South African version), and drive a fake support vehicle in it. So they can smuggle almost a ton of cocaine. To Ibiza.

The needle is already pegged at dayenu, no doubt, but!

The police said they also seized 15,000 ecstasy pills, hashish, guns and 47,000 euros (£41,500; $64,000) in cash.

That's tailgating. Somewhere, Tricky is looking at his bass dispersal unit, and feeling a little small.