OT - bad news for IPW?

[buffhockey]

Busted

In the biggest bust of its kind in recent memory, Customs and Border Protection authorities at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport arrested a woman allegedly carrying 91 pellets of heroin inside her body.

In all, 32-year-old Sherifat Lamidi had swallowed 2½ pounds of the drug, packed inside balloon-like packaging, the agency said.

"As far as we are concerned, this is a significant bust," said Randy Dyer, CBP chief for the airport. He said that other airports with more international arrivals, such as Miami, New York JFK and Atlanta, see more cases of drug mules, or "internal carriers" in official lingo.

"For our location here, it's rare," he told CNN.

Lamidi, a Nigerian citizen, originated her itinerary from her home country and flew to Frankfurt, Germany. Once there, she boarded a Lufthansa Airlines flight to Detroit.

A CBP agent flagged her for a closer inspection upon arrival. Lamidi admitted to authorities that she was carrying narcotics, but she said she did not know exactly what she had swallowed or how much, CBP said.

Authorities took her to a medical facility where, under the supervision of doctors, she "finalized the expulsion" of the 91 pellets, according to a CBP news release.

"Basically, they were balloons with heroin," Dyer said.

Lamidi was arrested at the scene, and prosecution against her was pending, he said.

 

[Darkstone42]

Why...

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

Why...

Money....it's all about the benjamins

 

[IPostedWhat]

This news affects me not, however how cool would it have been if all those balloons popped inside of her?

Heroin is a hell of a drug.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

Busted

I'd be interested to see a pop can or something next to those so I can get an idea for how big those balloons are, and how much it must have hurt to poop them all out.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

There was a movie on HBO called "Maria" or something that showed how they trained the mules by swallowing whole grapes so they could swallow condoms full of drugs.

Some of the girls didn't make it if the condom failed, The dealers would still slit their belly open to get their drugs. Really pretty sad.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Yeah, they usually go after pretty girls from poor families, and threaten to kill their family if they don't go through with it.

No one speaks out for fear of what will happen if they do, and of course the local police are in on it with the payoffs they get.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Yeah, they usually go after pretty girls from poor families, and threaten to kill their family if they don't go through with it.

No one speaks out for fear of what will happen if they do, and of course the local police are in on it with the payoffs they get.

Exactly, It was really sad to see. Like you said they promise big bucks to these girls and half of them end up dead.

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Wish I wasn't eating dinner when I read this thread.

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

Yeah, they usually go after pretty girls from poor families, and threaten to kill their family if they don't go through with it.

No one speaks out for fear of what will happen if they do, and of course the local police are in on it with the payoffs they get.

.. he says with an unusual and quite specifically suspicious level of certainty....


hmmmm....

 

[Eddie_Shack]

.. he says with an unusual and quite specifically suspicious level of certainty....


hmmmm....

...and then they meet their guy at the corner of 14th and Oak, and move the stuff in green golf bags to the hidden compartment in the bottom of a black Chevy Trailblazer, license plate HCQ....

 

[IPostedWhat]

*****Disclaimer to previous post*****

Or so that I have heard happens.

 

[Automattic]

Does anyone remember the Beavis and Butthead where some guy wanted them to smuggle drugs across the border? He pulled out two condoms and Beavis said 'Whoaa! Dave's gonna boof us!" LOL

 

[KillerVee]

There was a movie on HBO called "Maria" or something that showed how they trained the mules by swallowing whole grapes so they could swallow condoms full of drugs.

Some of the girls didn't make it if the condom failed, The dealers would still slit their belly open to get their drugs. Really pretty sad.

"Maria Full of Grace."

They may have shown it on HBO but it was a legit indie film. Good movie.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

"Maria Full of Grace."

They may have shown it on HBO but it was a legit indie film. Good movie.

That's it, Thanks.