Pot Found in High Heels
By epenner
@epenner (162)
United States
January 26, 2007 1:27am CST
BEIJING, CHINA
It gives a whole new meaning to high heels.
Customs officers in the southern city of Guangzhou have discovered 60 pounds of marijuana leaves hidden in 215 pairs of shoes abandoned at the airport last year. Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
The marijuana was found in five suitcases and a nylon bag that arrived in Guangzou from Addis Ababa on August 6, 2006, but were never declared at Customs and only opened two weeks ago.
"When they opened the packages on january 11, officials found the shipment contained 215 pairs of paltform shoes, whoes soles had been hollowed out and stuffed with marijuana," Xinhua said.
A spokesman with with Guangzhou customs said the city had cracked 85 drug trafficking cases and seized 316 poundsof drugs since it tightened scrutiny at major checkpoints last September.
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@samtaylorskykierajen (7977)
• Canada
29 Jan 07
It is amazing what people will do to try and make some money . To jeopardise your whole life on doing something that is illegal for what . How much money do they think they feel they need to survive that they would be willing to spend the rest of their lives in jail or known as a criminal .
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