Trick or Treat? Suspected cocaine smuggled in pumpkins at Montreal airport

[shian]

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[quote]
Border agents found a spooky Halloween surprise Thursday in three pumpkins someone tried to smuggle through the Montreal airport, authorities said — about four pounds of suspected cocaine.
The pumpkins were hollowed out, filled with about 2 kilograms of white powder in bags and recapped, the Canada Border Services Agency said. They were being transported Thursday morning by a suspect authorities would identify only as a female traveler arriving at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport.
A spokesman for the agency said the pumpkins seemed to be a little too heavy, so they were sent through an X-ray scanner. The Mounties were called in once the bags were discovered.
The 2-kilogram haul represents almost 5 percent of all cocaine seized at the airport this year, the border agency said in a statement.[/quote]

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[editline]3rd November 2013[/editline]

Actually, it's a rather smart idea. If they weren't caught.

[Zonesylvania]

This is either a new low in smuggling history or one of the most bizarre ideas ever invented.

[RaikohZX]

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;42734218]This is either a new low in smuggling history or one of the most bizarre ideas ever invented.[/QUOTE]

There's been lower lows before. Like hiding cocaine in babies, probably.
Tricky bastards.

[Eltro102]

why would you take a pumpkin with you on a plane anyway

[Sobotnik]

[QUOTE=shian;42734203]A spokesman for the agency said the pumpkins seemed to be a little too heavy[/QUOTE]

Sounds almost as though if they had been less ambitious with the amount of coke in there, they'd have gotten through almost.