Undercover cops provide dealer with large amounts of meth to entrap him... then lose him

I personally feel like the "war on drugs" is the stupidest war that the USA has ever gotten involved in and have also used to manipulate foreign governments. I believe almost all drugs should be decriminalized because I think if we look at the past 30-40 years it is really easy to see that the "war" has failed and it doesn't seem to matter how much money is thrown at it, drugs are still everywhere. The only successful policy that I can think of despite the claims of tons and tons of drugs being intercepted at borders (when thousands of other tons make it through) is when certain states legalized weed and regulated it.

Anyway, my opinion isn't really that important here and is not what I am trying to focus on. What I do want to focus on is the incompetence of a sting operation that recently took place in California where undercover officers sold 27kg or real methamphetamines to a suspected dealer in the hopes of setting him up for a bust. Instead, the suspected dealer drove away and the cops lost him. I can't help but laugh about this because it is the cops' own rules that lead to him getting away.

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_{An unrelated image but I do find it funny how every time they get a little bit of drugs off the street they love to stand around and pat themselves on the back for it}

The real botched bust took place just outside of Los Angeles and the cops set up a dealer who turned up for the exchange, paid for it, and then left. The cops set up a roadblock to bust him down the street. The driver evaded the roadblock and then showed extreme Fast and Furious driving skills in order to get away from the cops. The police are not allowed to pursue at high speeds in these situations because of the danger that it poses to civilians on the roads. Therefore they had no choice but to just let him go.

There are two things that are very dumb about this situations: One, how is it a crime to purchase something that is being sold to you by police? Isn't this the very definition of entrapment? How can we know that this guy was actually interested in purchasing 27kg or meth had it not been offered to him by the government. Two, even though I disagree with their tactics of setting this guy up, why let him drive away at all? What has changed here? Is there some police code that I am not aware of where the transaction is not complete until the guy leaves the scene?

One funny quote by the Riverside County Sheriff:

"Due to the high speeds and suspect’s disregard for public safety, deputies lost sight of the vehicle."

You mean a drug dealer has disregard for public safety? NO way! I can't imagine how anyone would ever think that someone interested in buying 27kg or meth wouldn't be a fine upstanding citizen who is very concerned about the well-being of strangers.

I can't help but laugh at the police and feel like giving a virtual high-five to the guy who got away. When we combine a "war" that is stupid to begin with along with absolute incompetence I think we can start to understand why most people in the United States have little to know respect for law enforcement.