Meth Dealer Faces Loss of His Comic Book Collection

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 6, 2011 @05:14AM from the taking-their-pound-of-flash dept.

cultiv8 writes "According to an article from The Smoking Gun: 'A large-scale methamphetamine dealer who allegedly laundered drug profits by purchasing valuable comic books is in danger of forfeiting his 18,753-volume collection to Uncle Sam, according to a new court filing. Federal prosecutors yesterday filed a US District Court complaint seeking ownership of the comic book holdings of Aaron Castro, 30, who is facing a May trial in Colorado on narcotics distribution and weapons charges. The comics are valued in excess of $500,000.'"

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He even looks like Comic Book Store guy by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-06 05:17 · Score: 4, Funny

Do not bang your head against the display case, please! There is a very valuable Mary Worth inside, in which she has advised a friend to commit suicide. Thank you!
Why is this here? by Jiro · 2011-03-06 05:24 · Score: 4, Funny

I can't for the life of me figure out why this merits a Slashdot story. Even if you conclude "Slashdot readers are geeks, geeks have comic book collections" it's pretty unlikely that many Slashdot readers use their collections to launder drug money.