Controversy and troubles with the law just seem to follow Zach Randolph regardless of where he goes. After the whole jail blazers reputation Portland had in year’s past, shipping out Randolph was sort of like the final goodbye to that old rep and opening the door to the new guard led by Brandon Roy. So Zach and his baggage is someone else’s problem now. In this case the Memphis Grizzlies.
Reports are starting to break that according to an affidavit, Memphis Grizzlies power forward Zach Randolph is being implicated as one of the prime suspects in an Indianopolis narcotic distribution operation:
According to a probable cause affidavit, a trusted police informant identified Memphis Grizzlies player Zach Randolph as a major marijuana supplier in Indianapolis, 6News’ Jack Rinehart reported.
Narcotics officers were staking out a suspected drug house on Indianapolis’ north side two weeks ago when they pulled over Arthur Boyd, 32, soon after he left the residence, near 75th Street and Binford Avenue, police said.
QuantcastAccording to the affidavit, the Cadillac Escalade that Boyd was driving was registered to Randolph, and police found marijuana and ammunition stowed inside.
“One of his vehicles had what we call hidden compartments that contained suspected narcotics, that being marijuana,” said Lt. Jeff Duhamell.
Based on information found in the Escalade, police later raided a northeast side storage facility, where they said Randolph rents four lockers. {Via}
It’s one thing for Zach to be able to argue his way out of having his name on a lease or ownership papers for the vehicle, as it is quite commonplace among NBA players to buy or lease vehicles for their friends and family, and never have anything to do with the vehicle, much less deal drugs from it.
But the other little bit of information in the affidavit may be a bit more difficult for Randolph to deflect blame, that being Randolph apparently was listed as the tenant on four storage lockers believed to contain narcotics and more vehicles with hidden drug compartments:
Based on information found in the Escalade, police later raided a northeast side storage facility, where they said Randolph rents four lockers.
According to the affidavit, a police K-9 alerted to controlled substances in two of the four units, and police found more cars with secret compartments inside.
So the question then becomes, why in the world would an extremely wealthy NBA player such as Randolph want to take the risk of being associated in any which, way, shape, or form with a narcotic distribution operation in Indianapolis? Talk about self-destructive behaviour and association, regardless of how the investigation plays out in the coming weeks to months…
