Imagine this: you’re on shift at a Texaco Express Lube in the San Antonio area, handling a routine oil change job. A 45-year-old woman drives up in her pickup truck, and you pop the hood, getting ready to go. Then you notice something a bit… unusual. Tucked around the engine compartment are eighteen packages of a “mysterious green substance.” What exactly is going on here?

Lieutenant Charles Dewey of the Universal City Police Department broke down this jaw-dropper of a 1996 incident for the Times Union newspaper. Apparently, when the Texaco mechanics confronted the woman about her hidden stash, she seemed genuinely surprised that they’d even noticed it. Why? Because she hadn’t realized they’d need to pop the hood for an oil change. (Cue collective facepalm.)

Now, let’s break this down. Was she actively smuggling 72 pounds of weed? Or was this some bizarre long-term storage solution? And if she was smuggling, why on earth stop for an oil change? Sure, maintenance matters, but if your engine bay is packed with more than just pistons, you can probably go a couple of thousand extra miles before hitting the lube shop.

The entire story is riddled with baffling questions. If her truck had broken down, sure, we’d all understand the unlucky reveal. But why risk discovery over a routine service? And the kicker: why not ask about what an oil change entails when you’re hauling that much “extra cargo”? You’d think she’d want to confirm the mechanics wouldn’t need to lift the hood—or better yet, keep it off the road entirely. Instead, she drove right up, confident her “secret stash” would remain hidden during maintenance.

The mechanics did the only reasonable thing: they alerted the authorities. Police confiscated the weed and carted the woman off to explain her poor hiding spot.

In the end, we’re left with a tale of unfortunate choices, little foresight, and a complete lack of basic vehicle knowledge. If there’s one key take away here, it’s that some people are determined to one-up “bad idea.” And if you’re ever unsure about whether your mechanic might find surprises under the hood—maybe just save the oil change for another day.