If
you wanted to smuggle cigarettes filled with pot, how should you hide them from
security guards at airports? Not
in a make-up compact, that's for sure. Singing
sensation Patricia Longfellows was caught doing just that this week and she will
have to defend herself in court. So,
what can we learn from where one of the world's favourite singers went wrong?
| History
of drug filled condoms | |
"Before
the 1950's the only way to detect that a traveller was
attempting to smuggle condoms filled with drugs was
if the smuggler had a spontaneous attack of diarrhoea.
But even this was only if the smuggler wore loose fitting
underwear. The capture rate of travellers smuggling
condoms increased in the late 1960's when underwear
stopped being worn by drug smugglers - with underpants
removed, the incidence of condom capture increased five
fold."
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Some
smuggling tips: To
get through airport security:
Dress only in GAP clothing, no dreadlocks, DO NOT WEAR A HAT, if you have to run
as fast as the wind through security look at the officer's pleadingly, learn to
say with your eyes: 'I'm sorry, officer, I am in a hurry, my wife's having a baby
(or I am having a baby depending on your apparent sex.) If
stopped before making your get away, there are a number of things you can do:
Remain
calm, do not sweat profusely. Chat
calmly with the arresting officer but do not be over-friendly. In
most cases you will not be asked to wait in a side room, but if you are go calmly
- stop that facial tick as this is a give away. And
remember if the worst comes to the worst: If
you are forced by the police to do the 'number two' you will have plenty of time
to quickly swallow the condoms again as if nothing has happened, so do not worry.
Make
sure you have a supply of peppermints in your pocket to help take the taste away.
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