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Its not worth the money!

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  • #32
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    chin_grin wrote: »
    Why do the customs officials have to cover their faces? They look like terrorists!

    most cover their faces cos they go undercover alot


  • #33
    Tazz T
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,468 ✭✭✭Tazz T


    She should have went Ryanair. €30 excess baggage, she'd been all right.


  • #34
    farmchoice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭farmchoice


    having watched banged up abroad a lot there is always one common theme that runs through each case, the pepole who do this are very very stupid.

    nearly every case is the same, some guy promises them 5,000 to 10,000 pounds and a free holiday if they bring a load of drugs in their suitcase. he then tells them that customs on the other side have been paid off and will turn a blind eye.

    they then get caught and reality begins to dawn.


  • #35
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Another headline from the same page as the article
    World's Richest Woman Earns £1m Every Hour

    Kind of fits in with the thread title too


  • #36
    crazygeryy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    "I did it for my children says party girl"


    Mrs Sandiford, who has been described as the "neighbour from hell" and a "party girl", is believed to have told police she only agreed to smuggle the drugs because her two sons, who are aged 22 and 24, were being threatened. Appearing at a press conference wearing a prison T-shirt, Mrs Sandiford was paraded in front of the haul of drugs.


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  • #37
    Beefy78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    farmchoice wrote: »
    having watched banged up abroad a lot there is always one common theme that runs through each case, the pepole who do this are very very stupid.

    nearly every case is the same, some guy promises them 5,000 to 10,000 pounds and a free holiday if they bring a load of drugs in their suitcase. he then tells them that customs on the other side have been paid off and will turn a blind eye.

    they then get caught and reality begins to dawn.

    But presumably 99 times out of 100 the drugs do make it from 'A' to 'B'. Otherwise the smugglers would find another way to get them into the country.


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    farmchoice wrote: »
    having watched banged up abroad a lot there is always one common theme that runs through each case, the pepole who do this are very very stupid.

    nearly every case is the same, some guy promises them 5,000 to 10,000 pounds and a free holiday if they bring a load of drugs in their suitcase. he then tells them that customs on the other side have been paid off and will turn a blind eye.

    they then get caught and reality begins to dawn.

    I think naive would be a better work than stupid perhaps?

    It's not worth the money - if you get caught. The problem is that most people who do it, believe they won't be caught, otherwise they obviously wouldn't do it!

    I've watched banged up abroad it's hard not to feel really sorry for a lot of the people on it, they got themselves into a bad situation and in some cases, when they realised what they were doing was stupid, it's too late, they're too deep into it and they fear their life more than they fear being caught.


  • #39
    crazygeryy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    Beefy78 wrote: »
    farmchoice wrote: »
    having watched banged up abroad a lot there is always one common theme that runs through each case, the pepole who do this are very very stupid.



    they then get caught and reality begins to dawn.

    But presumably 99 times out of 100 the drugs do make it from 'A' to 'B'. Otherwise the smugglers would find another way to get them into the country.

    Exactly.it's the same old story.for all of those that are caught how many get through? Loads id imagine.

    but still it must be some feeling walking towards the customs check knowing your suitcase is lined with cocaine or whatever.
    Best laxative ever lol


  • #40
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    *Note to self - stop confusing "Banged Up Abroad" with "An Idiot Abroad" :rolleyes:


  • #41
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 25,006 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    crazygeryy wrote: »
    "I did it for my children says party girl"


    Mrs Sandiford, who has been described as the "neighbour from hell" and a "party girl", is believed to have told police she only agreed to smuggle the drugs because her two sons, who are aged 22 and 24, were being threatened. Appearing at a press conference wearing a prison T-shirt, Mrs Sandiford was paraded in front of the haul of drugs.
    In what weird world is a 54 year old woman a "girl"? :rolleyes:

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  • #42
    dmcronin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 267 ✭✭dmcronin


    crazygeryy wrote: »
    Exactly.it's the same old story.for all of those that are caught how many get through? Loads id imagine.

    but still it must be some feeling walking towards the customs check knowing your suitcase is lined with cocaine or whatever.
    Best laxative ever lol

    She could well be either a decoy/distraction for someone else to come thru with a consignment or the Customs could be in on the racket, get a few stripes and a promotion for a drugs bust.


  • #43
    IvySlayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,194 ✭✭✭✭IvySlayer


    Yes, she's coming up with all the excuses now. Also, I love how there's barely any mention on the 2 British men who were also arrested and face the death penalty.


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