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Don't even think of it, Wags.
BRISBANE (Australia) — A
woman's elaborate scheme to smuggle drugs into a Brisbane jail was
uncovered by a dog, reported the AAP
yesterday.
Marijuana had been placed inside a balloon that was smeared with
coffee, Vicks VapoRub and pepper, authorities said. The
bizarre-smelling concoction was tucked away inside the woman's bra
as she attempted to smuggle the contraband into Sir David Longland
Correction Centre on Sunday night. But as she learned: there's
no fooling the snout.
A sniffer dog alerted on the hidden marijuana, said Queensland
Corrective Services Minister Tony McGrady.
"The find was all the more amazing because I am advised it
is alleged the balloon had been coated with masking agents including
coffee, Vicks VapoRub and pepper to throw the dog off the
scent," he said.
"This is a good example of how effective our passive alert
drug detection sniffer dogs are."
Queensland correctional facilities employ a total of 14
highly-trained sniffer dogs at Wacol, Woodford, Capricornia,
Townsville and Lotus Glen.
The woman, 20, was charged with a drug offence and is set to
appear in Brisbane Magistrate's Court on June 6.
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Believe it or not, folks, this is not the most unusual smuggling
ever to have been perpetrated under the guise of innocuous
undergarments.
We fed this one through the MuttComputer, and the case histories
were astonishing. We took the best and compiled a handy Top 8
List (since, as we always say, dogs can only count to 8 if they've
had their dewclaws removed).
The next time you cross a security checkpoint, whether there's a
sniffer pooch there or not, just try to imagine the following
"Top 8 List": The Top 8 Things People Hide in Their
Underwear...
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The Top 8
Things People Hide in Their Underwear
- We'll begin
with today's example, a four-way tie: coffee,
pepper, marijuana and Vick's VapoRub in a woman's bra.
Although this woman may be spending some extended time in a
damp prison cell, her sinuses will be free of congestion, and
she'll be able to breathe clearly. Source:
The Herald Sun, 14 May 2002.
- A spiny tailed lizard
bought in a north African market was smuggled into Britain in
a woman's bra. It was later dumped on the RSPCA (the
lizard, not the bra). Source:
The Guardian, 13 Mar 2002.
- There's the beef.
Last year in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, a security guard shot
and killed a man who had allegedly run from a grocery store
with a dozen stolen steaks in his trousers. Source: The
Washington Post, 29 Dec 2001.
- In March of this year, guest
speaker LeAnn Thieman told Grass Lake High School students
that in 1975 she smuggled $10,000
in her bra for the orphanages
in Vietnam. "Toys for Tots" had a slightly different
code name that year, I bet. Source: Jackson
Citizen Patriot, 23 Mar 2002.
- Customs officers in
Stockholm, Sweden arrested a woman who had tried to smuggle 75
live snakes in her bra.
The officers became suspicious when they noticed how the woman
kept scratching her chest (maybe she should've used a little
Vick's VapoRub?). I guess you could say that she was
wearing a co-bra (ugh, bad joke... boa! hisss!).
Source: Strange
But True
- In Chicago last year, a
woman walked into police headquarters and handed over a pair
of testicles she said she had
bitten off a man who had sexually assaulted her. Police found
the man at a local hospital, where he underwent unsuccessful
reattachment surgery.
...Oh, sorry, that's for a
different list: "The Top 8 Things People Don't
Hide in Their Underwear." Source:
The
Washington Post, 29 Dec 2001.
- At Don Jail in Toronto,
April 3 of this year, a lawyer visiting inmates was caught
attempting to smuggle 7 grams of crack cocaine in his
underwear. Underwear... crack... Hmm, can anyone think
of a good joke...? Source: Sun
Media, 4 Apr 2002.
and the #1 Thing People
Hide in Their Underwear is...
- A Miami federal grand jury indicted a
man on charges he hid 44 birds
in his pants when he arrived
on a charter flight from Havana. I hope they at least
let him light up a cigarette afterward. Phew.
Source: The
Washington Post, 29 Dec 2001.
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