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[UK] Cocaine smuggled in oil paintings
    #14435547 - 05/11/11 04:02 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Cocaine smuggled in oil paintings
May 11, 2011 - heart.co.uk



Cocaine worth £10,000 has been found in paintings by UK Border Agency officers at Stansted Airport.

200 grams of the Class A drug was hidden in five abstract oil paintings that had been flown from Colombia.

Smugglers covered the canvasses with a layer of cocaine, then painted over the drugs.

UK Border Agency officers were alerted to the suspicious packages by the smell coming from them.

Sarah Wolstenholme, UK Border Agency Assistant Director at Stansted Airport, said: "Criminals are prepared to go to elaborate lengths to get drugs into the UK – even relatively small amounts like this.

The challenge for us is to stay one step ahead of the organised gangs behind this vile industry.

Our highly skilled officers embrace that, working tirelessly and using the latest technology to protect the UK."

The paintings, each 25cm by 30cm, were destined for an address in south west London and were listed as shirts and paints, with a value of $1.

Investigations into the shipment are continuing.


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Re: [UK] Cocaine smuggled in oil paintings [Re: veggie]
    #14435645 - 05/11/11 04:22 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Wonder what gave it away?  Maybe the Fact that it wasnt a shirt and pants, and only had the value of a dollar, really?  think about it Why would people pay to ship, a dollars worth of stuff?  Good idea, Kinda like the peole that were smuggling Herion in books.


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Re: [UK] Cocaine smuggled in oil paintings [Re: veggie]
    #14435650 - 05/11/11 04:23 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

That's a pretty clever way to smuggle it in. I wonder how much they got in with this method before they were caught.


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Re: [UK] Cocaine smuggled in oil paintings [Re: 2jew4u]
    #14435868 - 05/11/11 05:09 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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2jew4u said:
Wonder what gave it away?  Maybe the Fact that it wasnt a shirt and pants, and only had the value of a dollar, really?  think about it Why would people pay to ship, a dollars worth of stuff?  Good idea, Kinda like the peole that were smuggling Herion in books.




Shirts and paInts lol


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Re: [UK] Cocaine smuggled in oil paintings [Re: dizzyease]
    #14435988 - 05/11/11 05:28 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Yeah that's fucking retarded.  Why not mark it as "paintings" and attach some kind of value to it?




Every time an op gets caught the same exact tactic prolly made it through at least three times already.


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