Gizmodo: smuggling

Music, Mustaches and Marijuana Collide In Idiotic LP Smuggling Attempt From 1979

Sean Fallon — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:20:00 EDT

Thanks to some moronic Jamaican and Canadian drug smugglers, the 1979 mustache patrol cracked down hard on LPs that had the rare distinction of being certified "pot."

Gizmodo '79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys were just being born.

Clever Water Bottle Contains More Than Meets The Eye

Charlie White — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:30:45 EDT

Here's a tricky way to transport whatever contraband suits your fancy. Of course, you might not be able to get this one by the TSA screeners at the airport, since they're already on the lookout for that highly explosive water that's such a horrific threat to us these days, but this clever container could come in handy for hiding your stash elsewhere. For extra realism, might we suggest putting this in the refrigerator? Kinda reminds us of that guitar full-o-coke we showed you the other day, but keep in mind that neither of these smuggling methods were perfect, because both of their creators got caught. [TechEBlog]

Guitar Captured with Enough Coke Stashed Aboard to Take Us All to Electric Ladyland

Charlie White — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:45:04 EDT

What on earth would make this Stratocaster clone worth well over a million dollars? As you can see in the pic above, the electric guitar was stuffed with lots of cocaine, that's what. We former musicians are well aware that the gigsters always have the best blow, but this guitar player went overboard when he decided to fly from Costa Rica to Rome with his drastically modified Squier ax in tow. Too bad The Man noticed a bit of telltale powdery residue poking out of a conspicuous spot on this git-box. We have another pic of the guitar before it was dismantled, looking perfectly innocent.

Add that amount found in the guitar to all the cocaine the guy had mixed up in ten Thermos flasks in his luggage, and the grand total value (certainly inflated by breathless War on Drugs enforcers) was $5.12 million worth of the stuff. Just think of how many times this has been done without detection. [Music Thing]

Malaysian Businessman Tries to Smuggle Heroin Through Airport in Laptops

Jason Chen — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:15:59 EDT

We're not sure what's wrong with the old drugs-up-the-anus technique, but a Malaysian businessman tried to smuggle 2 kg worth of heroin inside two laptops. Where he went wrong was using two incredibly old laptops instead of something current, and well, looking suspicious while he did his smuggling thing. The airport officials took his stuff, X-rayed it, and found five plastic packs with said heroin inside. Why this cheap bastard couldn't spring for some gigantic Alienware laptops that are already heavy is anyone's guess. [Zjol via Spluch]