Police Find Suitcases Made Of Cocaine
Luggage Where Cocaine Was Embedded In Resin And Glass Fiber Intercepted In Chile
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Detective Leandro Morales at the Santiago airport said the drug "was not hidden in the luggage. This time the suitcases were the drug."
Morales told The Associated Press that the suitcases were made of a substance combining cocaine with resin and glass fiber.
He said Tuesday a "chemical process" could be used to separate out the drug.
The officer says the suitcases were heavier than their contents.
The 26-year-old Argentine woman was arrested.
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If this was a Cheech and Chong movie Sgt. Stedenko would bust the woman with the cocaine suitcases and let the plane made out of weed take off.
Posted by tincup356 at 4:55 AM : Jun 3, 2009
Hey didn't you see "Up in Smoke" ? :-)
Posted by tincup356 at 4:55 AM : Jun 3, 2009
I believe it - this type of approach has been tried by smugglers before. They'll incorporate cocaine into the manufacture of something like a vase and then isolate the cocaine once it reaches its destination. I wonder how long they were getting away with this approach before the Feds figured it out.
- by spaceatoms June 2, 2009 11:47 PM EDT
- Its sounds like a 007 movie!
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