Is this the druggie version of that coffee that is made from wildcat poop?
Posted on 07/27/2010 6:55:53 AM PDT by BnBlFlag
By HOUSTON CHRONICLE Posted: July 27, 2010, 6:53 AM CDT July 27, 2010
HOUSTON — It took five hours and four minutes, but a suspected drug trafficker finally surrendered the spoils: 85 condoms of cocaine he allegedly swallowed and intended to smuggle from Houston to France.
Housrou Kedji is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court Friday after being caught as he tried to board an Air France flight leaving Bush International Airport. He is charged with two counts of drug-trafficking.
The 42-year-old citizen of the African nation of Togo gave up 2.2 pounds of his illicit cargo while sitting on a special no-flow toilet under the eyes of federal agents and doctors at a local hospital.
Kedji's undoing apparently began when tried to board the Flight 639 four weeks ago.
He was so nervous he drew the attention of Customs and Border Protection inspectors questioning travelers, according to an affidavit filed in federal court.
The night of his arrest, Kedji's hands were shaking, his heart was racing, and he gave conflicting stories of what he'd been up to while visiting Houston, the affidavit says.
He supposedly confessed that he had traveled to Houston from Togo, and was headed to Switzerland. His pay for the job was to be 5,000 Euros, or nearly $6,500.
The cocaine was parceled into packets of a few grams apiece and wrapped in the condoms. Suspicions were confirmed by a hospital X-ray machine.
One risk is death
Known as "swallowers," such traffickers face risks on two fronts.
Getting caught by federal inspectors could mean prison. Having a condom break could unleash a brutal overdose death.
In other instances, swallowers have been known to use the sliced off tips of latex gloves.
It is unclear how Kedji will plead to the two trafficking-related charges when he is brought before a magistrate.
Kedji requested a French interpreter. His lawyer, Melissa Martin, declined to comment.
Problem for Houston
Mike Vigil, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was the director of international operations, said the arrest underscores how Houston is a trampoline for sneaking narcotics not only into the United States from South America and Mexico, but on to Europe and elsewhere.
The odds of catching Kedji were about zero, if he had just stayed calm and blended into passengers leaving the country, Vigil said.
"A lot of these guys may be a first-time courier," he said. "They are perspiring and do stupid things to bring attention to themselves.
"You get these guys thinking, 'I am going to get caught, going to go to the jail,'" he said. "They are at the point where they are shaking."
should have corked him
Imagine sitting down to a hearty plateful of 85 coke-stuffed condoms. That would trip my don’t-do-this switch so fast...
...I like to watch “Locked Up Abroad”...they do a good job setting up the tension involved passing thru the airport.
“should have corked him”
He may have corked himself. It’s a long way from Houston to France! Cab you imagine having to “re-swallow” the condoms? LOL!!!
I'll bet that was fun to watch. Talk about a sh**ty assignment.
In another news story, police are baffled by the drop of the cost of cocaine on the streets. "Even I can afford it now," one long time veteran of the force said.
cab you....= can you
Imagine sitting down to a hearty plateful of 85 coke-stuffed condoms. That would trip my don’t-do-this switch so fast...
LOL!
Man Swallows 85 Condoms...
Safe mouth breeder protection...
....and I thought I had a shatty job..........
Was he cracked?!
Was he cracked?!
Before or after?
HOUSTON — It took five hours and four minutes, but a suspected drug trafficker finally surrendered the spoils: 85 condoms of cocaine he allegedly swallowed and intended to smuggle from Houston to France
He “allegedly” swallowed?
Hey, watch what you’re snorting there, buddy: you don’t know where that stuff’s been.
“passing thru” being the operative words here. :-)
Why do I get a picture in my head of Slim Pickens in the movie 1941 trying to poop out the compass he swallowed so the Japs wouldn’t get it?
They should make this a contest for the State Fair.
What happens if a condom breaks? Do you OD?
Hmmm, I thought that clam chowder tasted funny.
I've been known to linger after the all you can eat chili bar, but five hours and four minutes is quite a sit down.
Wonder if who counted the kerplunks?
Is this the druggie version of that coffee that is made from wildcat poop?
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