Mexican Drug Smugglers Make Cocaine “Jesus” Statue
Posted on 31. May, 2008 by Rob Chapman in Immigration, Rob Chapman
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (Reuters) – U.S. customs officials have seized a statue of Jesus Christ made from plaster mixed with cocaine — the latest sophisticated attempt to smuggle drugs from Mexico.
Sniffer dogs at the border crossing in Laredo, Texas, alerted officials to the smell of narcotics in the 6.6 pound (3 kilo) statue, which was in the trunk of a car being driven by a Mexican woman into the United States last week.
“The statue tested positive for cocaine,” Nancy Herrera, an official at the U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas said on Friday.
U.S. border police arrested a 61-year-old Mexican man accused of offering the woman $80 to carry the statue to the bus station in downtown Laredo.
The woman escaped back to Mexico, Herrera said.
Tighter U.S. security and Mexico’s deployment of thousands of soldiers along the border are pushing smugglers to try increasingly sophisticated techniques like hiding drugs in sealed beer cans, U.S. officials say.
The average price of a gram of pure cocaine in the United States is around $130, according to U.S. government data.
(Reporting by Robin Emmott)
Goddamn Wetbacks!!
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Didn’t I see this in a Cheech and Chong movie where they drove a truck from Mexico made of Marijuana back to Mexifornia?
YJM- you’re right…It was called “Up in Smoke”.
Jesus Christ what next lol
She didn’t escape, they let her go.
Go figure…. “jesus”, a drug used to destroy the minds, and control the weak minded fools…. only now literaly.