Opinion ID: 3036581
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Results from Comparison of the Gasoline Aboard

Text: the Gran Tauro and the Go-Fast’s 55-Gallon Drum Samples were taken from the blue 55-gallon drum recovered from the Go-Fast’s debris field. They were compared with samples taken from a similar blue 55-gallon drum aboard the Gran Tauro and from the Gran Tauro’s aft tank. An expert testified at trial that all the gasoline came from the same source; that all the gasoline contained motor oil; that none of it would be suitable for four-stroke engines like the engines on the Gran Tauro’s generator and pumps; but that it would be suitable for two-stroke engines like the twin Yamahas on the Go-Fast. Nor could the gasoline have been used to power the Gran Tauro because, as noted earlier, the Gran Tauro ran on diesel. From all of this evidence, the Government’s expert opined at trial that on September 11, 2000, the Gran Tauro was, indeed, an LSV participating in a narcotics-trafficking operation.