A 911 call was released of two
self-proclaimed ‘dumbasses’ who were arrested in Idaho for drug trafficking
last year after believing they were being followed
Leland Ayala-Doliente, 22, and Holland Sward,
23, were arrested after calling police to arrest them for trying to smuggle 20
pounds of marijuana across several states while high. Photograph: Stephen
Brashear/Getty Images
Sam Levin in San Francisco
Two self-proclaimed “dumbasses”
driving high in Idaho with 20 pounds of marijuana called the police on
themselves after they got “spooked” about cops following them.
East Idaho News released audio of
a 911 call from last year that led to the drug trafficking arrests of Leland
Ayala-Doliente, 22, and Holland Sward, 23, who were apparently so high and
paranoid they were certain undercover cops were tailing them.
East Idaho News released audio of a 911 call
of Leland Ayala-Doliente, who said he was convinced police were following him.
The two young men were traveling
from Las Vegas to Montana on 23 January when they became increasingly concerned
that they were going to be arrested after crossing the Idaho border, according
to police in Rexburg, a city in eastern Idaho.
Eventually, the men decided to
speed up the process of their arrest and called cops – politely requesting that
they “just end it”.
While pulled over near a gas
station and an Applebee’s restaurant, Ayala-Doliente told a confused Madison
County dispatcher: “Hi, uh, we’re the two dumbasses that got caught trying to
bring some stuff through your border and all your cops are just driving around
us like a bunch of jack wagons, and I’d just really would like for you guys to
end it. If you could help me out with that, we would like to just get on with
it.”
“You got caught doing what?” the
dispatcher replied.
“Ahh, God, OK,” Ayala-Doliente
continued. “We kind of got spooked here trying to bring some stuff across your
Idaho border. … A bunch of your cops are driving around in a bunch of civilian
cars not wanting to pick us up. I don’t know what’s the deal.”
He added: “It’s getting cold out
here, man. I just want to get warm.”
When police showed up, the men
had their hands behind their heads, and Sward told an officer: “We’re
surrendering,” according to court records obtained by East Idaho News.
The two were each charged with a
felony count of marijuana trafficking.
A Rexburg police captain told the
news website that no police officers were following them at the time.
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