Well, more clever schemes have been used for drug smuggling...remember the sting that caught the ring of military smugglers that were using the coffins of dead soldiers being returned from Viet Nam?? That was classic. The Japanese are quite rigid about such practices...this guy does not sound like a big time operator :-)
As cheesy as Miami Vice was, the episode with G Gordon Liddy as “Captain Real Estate” was pretty entertaining. Tainted heroin coming in from Vietnam and a soundtrack by The Doors.
The entire episode can be watched at Hulu:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/14846/miami-vice-back-in-the-world#x-0,vepisode,1
I hope they dropped it in Paul McCartney’s suitcase.