Friday, March 20, 2009

Cocaine – it’s what’s for dinner

Some stories speak for themselves:
Police in Spain say they have arrested a man who received a postal delivery of a 42-piece dinner set made with 20kg (44lb) of cocaine.

The illicit cups, plates and bowls were dispatched in February from Maracaibo in Venezuela to Barcelona, via London…

Police say the suspect may have been recruited by Venezuelan gangsters, who would have collected the package and then extracted the illegal drugs.

Following a tip-off from their Venezuelan colleagues, Spanish officers pounced on the 35-year-old suspect…
Earlier this month Spanish authorities at Barcelona’s airport nabbed an Ecuadorian trying to smuggle liquid cocaine via aerosol cans as well as a Chilean with a fake leg cast made entirely out of cocaine.

Image- The Telegraph
Online Sources- BBC News, AFP

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