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Anus_Presley
on 2006-04-29 06:47 [#01889233]
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Puppies used to smuggle heroin
NEW YORK: A crew of Colombian drug dealers turned purebred puppies into drug couriers by surgically implanting them with packets of liquid heroin, US authorities said.
Ten puppies were rescued during a 2005 raid on a farm in Colombia, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said on Wednesday in announcing recent arrests in the two-year investigation.
A veterinarian had stitched 14 packets containing about 3kg of heroin – worth roughly US$200,000 (RM757,300) wholesale – into the bellies of six pups.
Three of the dogs later died from infection after the drugs were removed.
The surviving dogs “are still alive and well, we're told,” said John P. Gilbride, head of the DEA's office here.
Colombian police said they adopted three dogs, one of which was being trained to sniff for drugs.
DEA investigators said they believe the drug ring, based in Medellin, Colombia, used the puppies and other methods to conceal millions of dollars in heroin on commercial flights into New York City for distribution throughout the eastern United States.
It was unclear how many dogs were used in the scheme, nor did investigators know their fate once they arrived on US soil, Gilbride said.
“I think it's outrageous and heinous that they'd use small, innocent puppies in this way,” Gilbride said.
“It just demonstrates what lengths drugs dealers will go to get drugs into the country.”
The puppy implants were the traffickers' inhumane take on the common practice of paying people to swallow dozens of drug-packed pellets made with condoms or latex glove fingers wrapped in tape.
The couriers, called “swallowers,” then take flights to US cities, where they expel the drugs by going to the bathroom.
Authorities said swallowers – who risk fatal overdoses if the pellets rupture in their stomachs – also were part of the heroin operation.
Drugs also were concealed in body creams and aerosol cans, and sewn into the linings of purses and luggage. – AP
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Anus_Presley
on 2006-04-29 06:48 [#01889235]
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It's kinda funny
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Dannn_
from United Kingdom on 2006-04-29 07:17 [#01889246]
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Good idea
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Aphexisatwin
from your mom's room (United States) on 2006-04-29 11:49 [#01889404]
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shit..... they know !!!!!!! I GOTTA GO !!!!!!!!
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-04-29 11:55 [#01889411]
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they should use less conspicuous animals like panthers.
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earthleakage
from tell the world you're winning on 2006-04-29 11:58 [#01889413]
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yeah good idea, i hear there's a lot of call for colombian panthers in new york, you're wasting your life working in mcdonalds
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2006-04-29 12:48 [#01889438]
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ooh they should use messenger pigeons!
oh man. This is how I will make my fortune
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2006-04-29 12:49 [#01889439]
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oh shit, are they called carrier pigeons? well that's what i'm gonna use.
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2006-04-29 12:51 [#01889441]
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oh what i'm thinking of is Homing pigeons.
or oh shit, they should use a smart cat/dog team like milo and otis.
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2006-04-29 13:45 [#01889473]
Points: 47414 Status: Moderator | Followup to evolume: #01889441
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looks like you've been sucking up the blow yourself, there.
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vlari
from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2006-04-29 13:55 [#01889474]
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as long as he's not kicking them and putting them on the internet, I'm fine with it
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vlari
from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2006-04-29 13:56 [#01889475]
Points: 13915 Status: Regular | Followup to vlari: #01889474
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erm, and putting videos of the kicking. I might accidentally have snorted some of that blow myself back there
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