There were a group of cowboys moving dope into Texas during the 80's and using a horse ranch in Denton, Texas, as a cover. They were actually using their horse trailers to move the stuff around.

Where they blew it was.... Well, first I need to tell you about a type of grifter that hangs out in bars in Texas.

Women will go to bars, order a beer and then sit in a corner by themselves with a hang-dog look on their face. When some guy comes over to hit on them they give him their life story and start to cry about how hard life is and if the guy could just see his way clear to help them out a little bit then everything would be OK.

So these drug smuggling cowboys would have their hearts touched by these women and drop about 10 grand on them when $50 is closer to the norm. The girls were shocked and knew something was up so a few of them went to the local lawmen and wanted to know what they could squeeze out of the cops for turning the guys in.

This used to be called working both sides of the street. Maybe it still is.

Things began to unravel pretty quick after that.

I guess this story puts the lie to the old French saying, 'All good things begin with a woman'.