Drug info - Cocaine found hidden in postcards

[radagast]

Cocaine found hidden in postcards
Four people are to face trial for smuggling cocaine into Sweden using specially-made postcards sent from Peru. Police say that between the picture side and the back of the postcard the smugglers had hidden a receptacle full of the drug.

The postcard is described as very well made. The drugs could only be seen when the picture was peeled off.

"They must have been ordered from a postcard manufacturer," said Marcus Carlsson at Swedish Customs in Gothenburg.

At least 30 of the cards were sent from Peru, with six grammes of narcotics in each card.

The cards were detected by sniffer dogs at Arlanda airport in the summer. Customs officers were then able to intercept a number of further deliveries. The postcards were addressed to ten people from the Gothenburg area. Prosecutors say that four of them are now to face trial.



I found this story on an english speaking swedish news site called the local
find it here http://www.thelocal.se/8829/20071018/

I wonder how many got through and for how long?

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very cool article-- a shame they didn't have a way to cover the smell though, the rest is perfect

[Miso Jace]

I must say I admire the ingenuity!

[Benga]

interesting. saw the very same trick ( cocaine in postcards, but from Colombia) in a 1980's french comedy... must be an old one they pulled there

[~lostgurl~]

There is a clip in the archive that describes the process of smuggling drugs in postcards, take a look: Smuggling drugs

[Benga]

apparently the video's been removed ..
rats...

b

[~lostgurl~]

I found a valid link to the clip on another site so try it again, you should be able to view it now.