Boston Blotter: Copious Quantities

The BPD rounded up 21 perps for smuggling pot and Ecstasy in "Operation Polar Express." Actually, judging from how bags of Ecstasy looked in this picture available at the Globe, the law should have called it "Operation Popcorn."

This drug bust involved Vietnamese drug rings tied to Canada. These people were busy bees: "Investigators seized 85,000 ecstasy pills, worth nearly $2.6 million on the street, 130 pounds of marijuana, five guns, and $25,000."

The BPD enjoyed describing how the drugs were marked: 'This group marketed their ecstasy by using images such as superman, a bat, a kangaroo and even the statue of liberty. It’s ironic that a group of traffickers who chose to use our symbol of liberty now face losing theirs,' said DEA Special Agent in Charge Stansbury.

Another eye-catching drug bust involved a Dedham school crossing guard who got caught selling OxyContin in front of a Krispy Kreme. Shouldn't she have known that donuts attract police officers?

A small plane with three people crash-landed in Dartmouth, killing all aboard, including a Pennsylvania lawyer who used to own a minor-league baseball team. Bad weather is a potential cause, along with the fact that the runway lights were off and already covered by "heavy vegetation."

An alleged cretin from Saugus was arrested after slipping one of his high-school classmates a Mickey - in school. He gave a female student water with GHB, and the student passed out in class.

In weird crime news outside Massachusetts, a Chewbacca impersonator was arrested for head-butting a tour guide. Insert your own "use the force" joke here.

What major crime bust image is complete without an image of Johnny Chimpo? From muncheys.com.