SANTIAGO, June 2, 2009

Police Find Suitcases Made Of Cocaine

Luggage Where Cocaine Was Embedded In Resin And Glass Fiber Intercepted In Chile

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(AP)  Police said two suitcases carried by a woman who was about to fly from Chile to Spain were made of cocaine.

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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by rrozsa June 8, 2009 10:54 AM EDT
You have to give these guys credit for ingenuity!
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by stupa1 June 3, 2009 4:44 PM EDT
She needs to watch the show "Locked up abroad"
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by kittybud420 June 3, 2009 2:45 PM EDT
Albert Einstein said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting the results to be different."

How's that War on Drugs going America?
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by gunownerdan June 3, 2009 10:19 AM EDT
Legalize cocaine.
Problem solved!
www.LEAP.cc
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by spiritwalk June 3, 2009 10:19 AM EDT
Cheech and Chong though this up over 30 years ago in their first movie with the Mexican delivery van made out of marijuana. What took so long for someone to copy it?

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.
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by bobbyduck1 June 3, 2009 10:05 AM EDT
Sounds like a major BS story..... if its in print it must be true.....NOT.
Posted by tincup356 at 4:55 AM : Jun 3, 2009

Hey didn't you see "Up in Smoke" ? :-)
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by Dgunner June 3, 2009 9:37 AM EDT
Several months ago a shipping container was found to contain a ocean racer boat molded from cocaine. Some 7 billion dollars worth.The dogs hit on the container and the customs agents didn't see anything suspicious but the dogs would not give up. The boat had been made to support all the hardware and motor.
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by Yes_ABWH_Fan June 3, 2009 9:32 AM EDT
Wow, "things really DO go better", with Coke!
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by rational_1 June 3, 2009 9:28 AM EDT
Sounds like a major BS story..... if its in print it must be true.....NOT.
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.
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by tincup356 June 3, 2009 7:55 AM EDT
Sounds like a major BS story..... if its in print it must be true.....NOT.
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by sean58z June 3, 2009 6:04 AM EDT
Coca is a fine South American crop. Growers should reduce the strength of their product. Coca with average intensity receives little interest from law enforcement officers.
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by spaceatoms June 2, 2009 11:47 PM EDT
Its sounds like a 007 movie!
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