Cocaine Smuggling Becomes Sneakier
June 3rd, 2009 by Rick
Police intercepted a 26-year-old Argentine woman carrying two suitcases at the Santiago airport in Chile, ready to board a flight to Spain. The police suspected, and later confirmed, that the woman was trafficking cocaine. In and of itself, not particularly noteworthy, but this bust was unique due to the fact that she had no cocaine in the suitcases — the cocaine was the suitcases.
The travel bags, heavier than the items inside them, were made from a substance combining cocaine with resin and glass fiber. An officer assigned to the case, Detective Leandro Morales said that a chemical process could extract the cocaine.
It’s no surprise that smugglers are begining to think out of the box when it comes to moving their product. This constant game of cat & mouse with law enforcement keeps traffickers finding new ways to conceal and transport their goods. For instance, back in February, in Mexico City, a pick up truck sitting in a shipping container from Colombia, was seized and later found to have side panels and a bumper fused with fiberglass and cocaine.
One wonders if this is the same international crew that shipped dinner plates made from cocaine to Barcelona back in March.
Chile Joins Fear-Based Drug Education Model
November 3rd, 2008 by Perry
In response to a study that showed a growing perception among its teenagers that marijauna is harmless, the Chile is nationalizing a plan to “open up reflection on marijuana and its effects, above all with respect to the fact that it’s addictive, just like other drugs,” said the campaign’s director.
Personally, I don’t know if I’ve seen conclusive proof that that’s true or habit forming, (eh maybe,) but not addictive, and right there’s the definitive difference.
The campaign’s director cited the fact that “70 percent of the people in treatment for problematic use of drugs began their drug use with marijuana,” as indisputable proof of it being a gateway drug. One may argue the fact that it’s only considered a gateway to illegal drug usage, because it is itself, considered illegal. However, if you wanted to make coffee, wine, beer, liquor or ciggarettes illegal, then they might be considered “gateways” also. Perhaps.
But who can argue with a great slogan like the one the Chilean anti-drug people came up with…
Be intelligent again. Don’t smoke marijuana.
Brilliant.
