Details of The Sam Hurd Arrest
By Josh Sanchez
Chicago Bears and former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Sam Hurd is going to be in the headlines for awhile. Hurd was apparently one of the biggest drug traffickers in Chicago with a fleet of vehicles and drug distribution to places all over the country.
Gregg Rosenthal laid out some of the details to the Hurd case and they are very troubling. It is surely going to create a league-wide problem if Hurd rats out the players he sold to, which is allegedly in “double digits.” Check out some of the details after the jump.
1. Hurd told an undercover agent Wednesday night that he was looking to buy ”5 to 10 kilograms of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana per week for distribution in the Chicago area.”
2. Hurd negotiated to pay $25,000 per kilogram for the cocaine and $450 per pound of the weed. So Hurd had the cash flow to pay for $575,000-$700,000 worth of drugs per week. That’s well over $2 million per month. (We’ll let you imagine how much he was bringing in or planning to bring in.)
3. The money Hurd was willing to spend was on top of what he was already purchasing elsewhere. Hurd told the informant that he currently distributed ”four kilograms of cocaine per week in the Chicago area, but that the supplier could not supply him with enough quantity.”
Hurd was trying to take his operation to another level.
4. Hurd first came on the police’s radar in July. After receiving a tip, police found a man with a bag filled with $88,000 in a canvas bag. The man said the money and car belonged to Hurd. It was Hurd’s car, and the receiver still attempted to get the money back.
This should have raised a red flag, but Hurd was too foolish or in too deep to realize he needed to slow down.
5. Hurd was looking for Mexican cell phones, because he believed authorities didn’t have the ability to track them.
6. This wasn’t a small operation. Hurd only dealt with “high level” deals; a co-conspirator handled more day-to-day stuff. Hurd allegedly had business as far away as California and had a fleet of vehicles.
Hurd better get ready for a long legal process and an incredible amount of jail time with all of the charges he will receive. I’m sure a lot of players are shaking in their cleats now, in hopes that Hurd doesn’t blow the whistle on everyone.
1. Hurd told an undercover agent Wednesday night that he was looking to buy ”5 to 10 kilograms of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana per week for distribution in the Chicago area.”
2. Hurd negotiated to pay $25,000 per kilogram for the cocaine and $450 per pound of the weed. So Hurd had the cash flow to pay for $575,000-$700,000 worth of drugs per week. That’s well over $2 million per month. (We’ll let you imagine how much he was bringing in or planning to bring in.)
3. The money Hurd was willing to spend was on top of what he was already purchasing elsewhere. Hurd told the informant that he currently distributed ”four kilograms of cocaine per week in the Chicago area, but that the supplier could not supply him with enough quantity.”
Hurd was trying to take his operation to another level.
4. Hurd first came on the police’s radar in July. After receiving a tip, police found a man with a bag filled with $88,000 in a canvas bag. The man said the money andcar belonged to Hurd. It was Hurd’s car, and the receiver still attempted to get the money back.
This should have raised a red flag, but Hurd was too foolish or in too deep to realize he needed to slow down.
5. Hurd was looking for Mexican cell phones, because he believed authorities didn’t have the ability to track them.
6. This wasn’t a small operation. Hurd only dealt with “high level” deals; a co-conspirator handled more day-to-day stuff. Hurd allegedly had business as far away as California and had a fleet of vehicles.
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