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The 7 Most Ingenious (And Insane) Smuggling Techniques
Cracked.com ^ | 12/1/08 | Ian Fortey

Posted on 12/01/2008 2:05:09 AM PST by Slings and Arrows

When you combine contraband, poverty, desperation and lots of spare time, you get the bizarre world of the smuggler.

Everything from cocaine to human beings is waiting to cross tight borders into lands where they're not welcome. And wherever you find them, you find an army of smugglers using every ounce of their creativity to get them through.

Also, it appears quite a few of them are insane.

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TOPICS: Humor; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: warondrugs; wod
WARNING: Strong language, Thailand.
1 posted on 12/01/2008 2:05:09 AM PST by Slings and Arrows
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To: Slings and Arrows

Thailand?


2 posted on 12/01/2008 2:06:34 AM PST by Lazamataz (Proud author of abstract semi-religious dogmatic hoooey with a decidedly fringe feel.)
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Re #3:

Thailand?


3 posted on 12/01/2008 2:06:58 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (We are SO screwed.)
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To: Lazamataz
Moo - Bastard
4 posted on 12/01/2008 2:08:09 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (We are SO screwed.)
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5 posted on 12/01/2008 2:13:30 AM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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My ride’s here.


6 posted on 12/01/2008 2:16:43 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (We are SO screwed.)
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I remembered reading a book about a cocaine smuggler - "Snowblind", I think it was.
In it, he told a story about how they bought some coffee in some supermarkets in New York, and put a coupon announcing that the purchaser had won a trip to Colombia to see that the coffee they purchased was real Colombian!

An old couple won, and went to Colombia - they gave them a whole bunch of cruddy prizes to take home... trinkets, etc.

The trinkets were all filled to the brim with compressed cocaine. So when they arrived, the 'tour' picked them up and took them right to a 'photo session' with the trinkets, which were replaced with unfilled trinkets when the couple was enjoying lunch.

These folks were oblivious to the plot.




7 posted on 12/01/2008 3:05:52 AM PST by Bon mots
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My ride’s here. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
8 posted on 12/01/2008 5:41:47 AM PST by Titan Magroyne ("Drill now drill hard drill often and give old Gaia a cigarette afterwards she deserves it." HerrBlu)
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Aw crap, I only tuned in because I thought it said Snuggling Techniques. Dang!
9 posted on 12/01/2008 7:31:08 PM PST by TXBlair (Once upon a time there was a man named Ned Lamont. The end.)
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Practice makes perfect.


10 posted on 12/01/2008 7:33:46 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (We are SO screwed.)
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;o)


11 posted on 12/02/2008 7:34:32 PM PST by TXBlair (Once upon a time there was a man named Ned Lamont. The end.)
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