And they woulda gotten away with it, too - if they hadn't dropped all the cargo chasing after Jerry's runaway mechanic :

Suspects Arraigned In Pop Can Smuggling Ring

DETROIT -- Authorities said they arrested 13 people and seized more than $500,000 in cash after breaking up a smuggling ring that collected millions of beverage containers in other states and cashed them in for 10 cents apiece in Michigan.

A total of 15 people were named in a 67-count warrant issued as part of Operation Can Scam, Attorney General Mike Cox said Wednesday. Some suspects were members of two smuggling rings based in Ohio and others were Michigan merchants who took part in the scheme, he said.

Investigators alleged that millions of non-redeemable out-of-state cans were collected, crushed, packaged in plastic bags and sold at a discount to merchants who then redeemed them. Bulk redemption payments from the state are based on weight.

Shit, I have a huge trash bag full of crushed cans in my garage. Now what am I going to do with it?

I just saw those episodes, too.

"Nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine bottle and cans in the trunk,
nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine bottles and cans.

At ten cents a bottle and ten cents a can,
we're pulling in five hundred dollars a man!"

Wait, that's illegal?

Oops. I mean, 'allegedly oops'.