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Banged up abroad?

jimpump

just been watching a few episodes, would you risk smuggling H,Coke etc. for 100 k quid?

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minidazzler

noxqs wrote: »

Well I've read packages can be smell proof but I also watched .. was it mythbusters? Trying to hide drugs in coffee, vacuum etc.. Basically didn't work.

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-meet-the-sniffers.html

As much as I hate to say it, Mythbusters does lie on somethings. Such as this, and when they had Adam drive "drunk" when he had only reached the legal limit and his driving was all over the place. They will try to justify laws and stuff like that.

Azureus

Used to watch it but it was always the same...some idiot seduced by money gets locked up. Moral lesson-dont smuggle drugs.
No ****.

Stiffler2

I usually just get the lesbian friend I have to lob it into me gee
Then I lob one into her gee and we waddle onto the plane then

True Story

[Deleted User]

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

That is so inconsiderate, how dare you.

Don't you know that H from Steps is dead. :mad:

http://www.fhm.com/imgs/631/400/0/original/Full200909101228062380979_hfromstepsisdead631x400.jpgx

Normally I wouldn't point out the stealing of one of the best posts ever on boards.ie but I'm sorry, this time I have to.

xzanti

mojesius wrote: »

F*ck no.

That programme cracks me up. They are always complete morons on it. And it's always in the dodgiest countries where the sentences are life/ death penalty

I remember one woman who was living it up in Goa, got a bit fond of the charlie and didn't want to go home. She sent the package (i think it was hash) from the exact same post office not once, not twice but three times! And this was in a massive city like Mumbai or New Delhi. Eh love, maybe you should use another post office ffs! Then, when the third package didn't reach its destination in Europe, she called the post office to find out what happened and physically called back in where of course, the drug squad were waiting for her. What a muppet.

Funnier still are the ones who do try it from South America. The prisons are always completely mental.

I remember that one.. one of my favourite episodes..

I also love Nothing to Declare.. Anyone see the one where the South African oul lad tries to bring in a load of 'statues' in his luggage.. for a guy who's name he couldn't remember, who he had let pack his bag for him.. LOL.. too funny..

Statues were packed to the gills with coke.. and the paint was still wet on them and everything... The guy was sweating buckets from the get go :pac:

Apanachi

Someone I once knew (not personally, but he lived in the same small town as me) was caught off the coast of Martinique on his yacht with another woman with a ton of cocaine with a value of 42 million Euro - that was 5 months ago and AFAIK they are still in prison in Martinique waiting for their process to begin.

Spunge

Apanachi wrote: »

Someone I once knew (not personally, but he lived in the same small town as me) was caught off the coast of Martinique on his yacht with another woman with a ton of cocaine with a value of 42 million Euro - that was 5 months ago and AFAIK they are still in prison in Martinique waiting for their process to begin.

That's one hell of a date.

Immaculate Pasta

Apanachi wrote: »

Someone I once knew (not personally, but he lived in the same small town as me) was caught off the coast of Martinique on his yacht with another woman with a ton of cocaine with a value of 42 million Euro - that was 5 months ago and AFAIK they are still in prison in Martinique waiting for their process to begin.

:eek:

Wow. I can see the temptation. Delivering by a yacht is the way to go. The sea is so open out there and you are incredibly unlucky to get stopped and searched. There's agreement between Britain and Ireland about not stopping anyone by boat. You can get from Antrim to Scotland by boat in just a few hours and I'm sure a lot of people who were involved in the Troubles took advantage of this.

I know people who have sailed yachts back from France, Croatia and Portugal who haven't been stopped. It's a huge potential money earner.

CuriousOne

Would prefer to spend 10 years in a foreign prison than stay a few months in MountJoy - listening to Paddy O'Gorman on Pat Kenny ATM.

Apanachi

Spunge wrote: »

That's one hell of a date.

Apparently she didn't know anything about the drugs...

...or so says she (and her friends and family)

fryup

not after seeing the movie, midnight express

Corkboi

jimpump wrote: »

i been at sciphol airport in amsterdam on numerous times and never once saw a sniffer dog

Was there two weeks ago and they were training them in the main terminal, the security guy was walking around and hiding something and two minutes later the guy with the dog would come, every time he found something the dog would be given a toy...........

Little ****er.............

CuriousOne

Off topic, I know, but, I was is Schiphol one time - absolutely para - and ended up dumping my nose and ear trimmer in case they thought it was a dildo.

I know, crazy!

P.S would have put more comma's in, if I could.

Paully D

Big fan of the show myself, it's very entertaining to watch.

A lot of times it seems the people have gone too far before they realise they're up ****s creek and can't go back. For example, if a drug dealer puts you up in a 5 star hotel and gives you a huge amount of money to spend during your ''trip'' it would be very difficult to think you won't get your head blown off if you try and do a runner. Not to mention they'd more than likely have someone watching you all the time.

If nothing else hopefully the show will create a bit more awareness and stop people from doing it.

Also, I've never seen an episode of it yet where there's no family/friends involved after he/she is arrested. If you're ever stuck for money or something abroad just phone family/friends, etc. They will help. It's better to make that phone call than spend years fending off Big Mufasa from tearing into you in some hell hole.

Doc Ruby

CuriousOne wrote: »

Would prefer to spend 10 years in a foreign prison than stay a few months in MountJoy

I doubt it - they only painted over "death to drug dealers" on the walls of Ninoy Aquino airport fairly recently. If you aren't wedged into a small wire mesh cage with fifty other prisoners being fed scraps by charitable strangers through the slats, you get to go into solitary, which is a concrete coffin without enough room to sit up or stretch your arms out on either side. And forget about air conditioning.

I cannot envision what manner of gobshite would risk that. Suppose I should watch the show to find out.

Sindri

Paully D wrote: »

Big fan of the show myself, it's very entertaining to watch.

A lot of times it seems the people have gone too far before they realise they're up ****s creek and can't go back. For example, if a drug dealer puts you up in a 5 star hotel and gives you a huge amount of money to spend during your ''trip'' it would be very difficult to think you won't get your head blown off if you try and do a runner. Not to mention they'd more than likely have someone watching you all the time.

If nothing else hopefully the show will create a bit more awareness and stop people from doing it.

Also, I've never seen an episode of it yet where there's no family/friends involved after he/she is arrested. If you're ever stuck for money or something abroad just phone family/friends, etc. They will help. It's better to make that phone call than spend years fending off Big Mufasa from tearing into you in some hell hole.

Speaking from experience there eh?:)

Mercurius

noxqs wrote: »

Well I've read packages can be smell proof but I also watched .. was it mythbusters? Trying to hide drugs in coffee, vacuum etc.. Basically didn't work.

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-meet-the-sniffers.html

It's hard to see them putting a foolproof smuggling method on the Discovery Chanel, somehow.

As an aside Schipol Airport uses a sniffer pig to sniff out trouble. Vietnamese, no less.

Paully D

Sindri wrote: »

Speaking from experience there eh?:)

Mufasa, is........is......that you?

smash

Did anyone see the fat chick who decided to smuggle a load of coke from Columbia to the US in exchange for 10k so she could get gastric bypass surgery?

Dumbass of the highest order!

Mr. Loverman

I've watched all the episodes. This is what I learnt.

1. When at the airport, DO NOT LOOK NERVOUS. This means take a beta blocker (or Xanax, or whatever) to chemically keep you calm, and be doing something like munching on a croissant and drinking a coke as you go through customs.　Ｍｏｓｔ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｐｅｏｐｌｅ　ｇｅｔ　ｃａｕｇｈｔ　ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ　ｔｈｅｙ　ｌｏｏｋ　ｎｅｒｖｏｕｓ　ａｔ　ｔｈｅ　ａｉｒｐｏｒｔ．

2. Wrap the drugs around your body rather than put them in the bag, i.e. remove the x-ray machine risk.

3. Don't do the crime unless you're willing to do the time!

What I find most mad is that the people only get paid about $5k to import the drugs. ＮＯＴ　ＷＯＲＴＨ　ＩＴ！！

ＥＤＩＴ：　ｓｏｒｒｙ　ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｅｉｒｄ　ｆｏｎｔｓ　Ｉ＇ｍ　ｕｓｉｎｇ　ｃｈｉｎｅｓｅ　ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ　ａｎｄ　ｉｔ　ｉｓ　ｇｏｉｎｇ　ｃｒａｚｙ

ejmaztec

smash wrote: »

Did anyone see the fat chick who decided to smuggle a load of coke from Columbia to the US in exchange for 10k so she could get gastric bypass surgery?

Dumbass of the highest order!

She probably won't be fat when she comes out, so it was a good idea, and she'll also be fluent in Spanish.

smash

ejmaztec wrote: »

She probably won't be fat when she comes out, so it was a good idea, and she'll also be fluent in Spanish.

She was fluent in Spanish, that's why the dealer approached her to do it. And she was still fat when she got out

ColeTrain

Spunge wrote: »

That's one hell of a date.

and one hell of a drug ..

Sierra 117

There was one lad on that show who strapped the drugs onto his body and was about to board the plane only to get caught when one of the workers put his hand on his back while talking to him about the planes on the runway.

He was so close to getting away with it.

omega666

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

I've watched all the episodes. This is what I learnt.

1. When at the airport, DO NOT LOOK NERVOUS. This means take a beta blocker (or Xanax, or whatever) to chemically keep you calm, and be doing something like munching on a croissant and drinking a coke as you go through customs.　Ｍｏｓｔ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｐｅｏｐｌｅ　ｇｅｔ　ｃａｕｇｈｔ　ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ　ｔｈｅｙ　ｌｏｏｋ　ｎｅｒｖｏｕｓ　ａｔ　ｔｈｅ　ａｉｒｐｏｒｔ．

2. Wrap the drugs around your body rather than put them in the bag, i.e. remove the x-ray machine risk.

3. Don't do the crime unless you're willing to do the time!

What I find most mad is that the people only get paid about $5k to import the drugs. ＮＯＴ　ＷＯＲＴＨ　ＩＴ！！

ＥＤＩＴ：　ｓｏｒｒｙ　ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｅｉｒｄ　ｆｏｎｔｓ　Ｉ＇ｍ　ｕｓｉｎｇ　ｃｈｉｎｅｓｅ　ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ　ａｎｄ　ｉｔ　ｉｓ　ｇｏｉｎｇ　ｃｒａｚｙ

i've watched all the eposides and agree, looking nervous is most people's downfall. Stupidy is another.

Another thing i dont get is when they know they are going to be caught when standing in queues or whatever and they see search's or dogs up ahead.Instead of bailing out and head to a jacks to get rid of the stuff they decide it's too late and chance thier luck anyway.

I know if i was in that suitation i would be doing my best to get the hell out of there without trying to be too obvious.

The most unfortuante one i saw was a guy who had coke strapped all around his body, he got through all the security checks and everything when he arrived at the boarding gate and saw another security check.
He did brilliantly and got through this one also and went to walking onto the plane when the security officer just put his hand on his back to direct him towards the ramp and felt the coke underneath his shirt. (edit - Sierra 117 beat me too it!)

The most stupid one was two girls in south america who had huge bricks of coke sewed into the lining of thier suitcase. You could see the outline of the bricks sticking out like a sore thumb through the suitcase!! They still went ahead and were obviously caught at the first security check they met.

ejmaztec

smash wrote: »

She was fluent in Spanish, that's why the dealer approached her to do it. And she was still fat when she got out

She was probably smuggling drugs out of prison in her stomach.

SEPT 23 1989

Bogata via Bangkok via Amsterdam is my preferred route

Danbo!

Used to watch the show until they has some Aussie guy on it whose story was very very very far fetched. Basically, his mate set him up, got caught, went to prison. Mate came forward but the police wanted to save face. Guy pretends he's mental, goes to psychiatric hospital, attempts to escape, almost makes it, gets caught. They realise he wasn't mental and send him back to prison. Escapes a couple of times. One of the times he pretends he's a woman, successfully escapes and is about to leave the country. Walking by a beach a guy selling souvenirs comes up to him. Just so happens the seller is also a prison guard part time and recognises him. Your man runs off and dodges machine gun fire. Gets caught. Back to prison, gets in a row and is stabbed. Dies. Goes to hospital. Brought to morgue. They're preparing the body for the funeral. He wakes up. Back to prison. And then released.

I haven't been able to watch it since.

Paully D

Another, I suppose, unfortunate one I saw was a girl in Tokyo. She had met this Israeli lad, and they used to fly to Nepal to buy a kilo of hash for the equivalent of $100 and make about $5,000-$10,000 off it (figures aren't exact obviously as I can't remember fully).

They would break it down and mould into their shoes, in their belts, and she put some in her bra too. 4 times they had absolutely no trouble at all doing it, but this time when the Israeli gave her her take there was a third missing. She kicked up a fuss and told him she needed the money etc, and he said OK he'd go and get it. He never returned.

That should have been her cue to stop, but no. She decided to go back to Nepal, and head straight back home to American from Tokyo with the drugs. This time she bought 2 kilos which would have netted her $30,000 in America. She went to Nepal airport but had gone a day early, kicked up a fuss and was taken into a back room. The inspector bought her story of being stressed out etc that's why she had missed the day. She was immensely lucky to get away with that without being searched. Anyway, she went back the next day and when she went to security they were rigorously frisking the passengers. She made a beeline for the toilet and dumped the extra stuff she was taking so went with her usual amount. She survived the frisk, went to Toyko and got lost in the airport. She asked two pilots that she say where the transfer flights were and they gave her directions. She followed the directions, thinking ''this is it, I've done the hard part'', only to end up walking through the door of customs. The pilots had misunderstood her and given her the wrong directions. Fair enough she thought, they'll just search my bag, I've nothing in there and won't frisk me as I'm a female. They searched through the bag and found a bit of hash that she had put back into her bag the night before as she needed to relax after getting brough to the room in Nepal the night before she had smoked some and forgot to strap it to her after using some :pac: Very careless, and she probably would have even survived customs in Tokyo only for that error.

Of course then they brought her to the room and searched her and found the rest of the stuff.

The prison was awful and I think she served about 5 or 6 years.

[Deleted User]

Doc Ruby wrote: »

I doubt it - they only painted over "death to drug dealers" on the walls of Ninoy Aquino airport fairly recently. If you aren't wedged into a small wire mesh cage with fifty other prisoners being fed scraps by charitable strangers through the slats, you get to go into solitary, which is a concrete coffin without enough room to sit up or stretch your arms out on either side. And forget about air conditioning.

They abolished the death penalty in 2006.
If you get caught in Mactan airport you will end up learning Michel Jackson moves in Cebu prison with thousands of other prisoners.
Is that worse than a wire cage in Manila?