Four college students en route from Louisiana State to a Spring Break paradise got quite a bit more than they bargained for when pulled over on the way. The “Semi-Fantastic Four,” as the Baton Rouge press has begun calling them, were driving a Ford F-150 with an expired tag when an officer from the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office stopped them just short of their destination. (Mobile, in case you were wondering, is only about sixty minutes from Gulf Shores, which was the foursome’s destination. In the immortal words of Super Troopers, “Almost made it.”)
The truck, though, was towing a trailer. And the officer, upon giving the vehicle and the boys a once-over, decided he needed to inspect the inside. Where he found the following armada of booze:
-106 18-packs of Natural Light beer (hat’s 1,908 cans, for those of you counting at home–not exactly 2,000, but not too shabby either);
-Five 12-packs of Corona (bringing the total to 1,968);
-Five litres of Franza’s best box wine;
-A liquor store shelf’s worth of bottles of José Cuervo tequila, Jack Daniels and Jim Beam whiskey, and Captain Morgan rum.
It’s not immediately clear whether the boys–two of whom are aged 18, and two aged 19–intended to try and sell some of the hooch once they made it to the beach, or whether they just wanted to throw one of the biggest parties of the season. They did, however, have with them a few hundred red Solo cups–feel free to draw your own conclusions.
The four fellows are free on bail.
(Photo credits: Beer via Flickr; Beach via WENN)
