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Feloniousness Damned junkies – addictions are more important than their kids.
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Sheriff: Coloring Books Delivered Drug Suboxone Made To Look Like Kids’ Artwork
www.myfoxphilly.com | 03/29/11
Authorities say three inmates and two civilians face charges after an investigation revealed a drug being smuggled into a New Jersey prison on the pages of coloring books.
A confidential source, alert mail room employees and labratory testing helped crack the case, according to the Cape May County Sheriff’s Office.
A Cape May County Correctional Center officer got a tip in February that Suboxone, also known as Buprenorphine, was being sent to the facility through inmate mail, officials say. Apparently the pills and film were being dissolved into a paste, usually orange in color, and then painted into a children’s coloring book page.
“Suboxone is a narcotic medication indicated for the treatment of opioid dependence and must be taken under a doctor’s care,” county Sheriff Gary Schaffer said in a news release. “This medication is available in pill or film form. Treatment is designed to be given under close medical supervision and can cause breathing problems or death if not taken correctly.”
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Posted by on Jul 20, 2009 in
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Forteana Mr Sony Dong is a bad man with a hilarious name. I like that the birds are wearing little jackets almost as much as I like the fact he got busted. Let’s hope Mr Dong doesn’t skip out on bail.
Photograph by AP/Department of Justice
Smuggler Caught With 14 Birds in Pants
nationalgeographic.com | Christine Dell’Amore | May 6, 2009
Given away by bird poop on his socks, fancy pants here was charged Tuesday in California with smuggling exotic Asian songbirds from Vietnam into the United States by strapping them onto his legs.
Droppings on Sony Dong’s socks and feathers peeking out from under a pant leg tipped off a Los Angeles International Airport inspector in March, who arrested the 46-year-old.
Dong wore an elaborate set of leggings with buttoned cloth wrappings, which held more than a dozen birds (pictured), the Associated Press reported.
Inspectors had flagged Dong for inspection because he had abandoned a suitcase of 18 birds in the L.A. airport in December 2008.
He had returned to Vietnam in February to collect more songbirds, which included red-whiskered bulbuls, magpie robins, and shama thrushes.
The animals sell for up to U.S. $400 each in the United States, U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesperson Thom Mrozek told the Associated Press.
“They’re rare and there are collectors who are willing to pay top dollar for these things,” he said.
The birds, now in quarantine, may be donated to a zoo.
Dong, who was charged with conspiracy, is currently free as a bird on bail.
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Posted by on Mar 18, 2009 in
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Forteana MissFidget.com reader’s will be familiar with Mr Pigeon Pants. I find it extremely interesting to see all the many ways people try to smuggle things they shouldn’t.
Australian Customs recently foiled this man's attempt to smuggle in two live pigeons concealed inside his pants in tubes strapped to his calves.
This photo released by Spanish Police shows a 66-year-old Chilean man who tried to smuggle drugs into the Barcelona airport with a cast made of cocaine. The man had an actual fracture, which police suspect was done on purpose to throw officials off the scent of the drugs. The man also had cocaine in his luggage and the legs of two aluminum stools he was transporting.
These are bars of heroin (7 pounds total) cleverly disguised as chocolate candy bars. The bars were seized at Newark Liberty Airport in mid-February 2009 after they were discovered in the luggage of a woman traveling from Bogata, Colombia.
This bushmeat was confiscated in mid-February 2009 at Newark Liberty Airport. The term "bushmeat" refers to meat from animals living in "the bush" or forest - often rats, antelope or monkeys - and is usually intercepted coming from Africa.
These valuable Faberge ormanents worth an estimated $250,000 were seized at JFK International Airport in January 2009. Two British travelers failed to declare the items, which were later found to be stolen.
Customs officials in Newark busted a 27-year-old woman - a U.S. citizen returning from the island of Antigua in early Febrary - with this bottle of liquid cocaine disguised as Kahlua coffee liquor. There were also narcotics in the cap. The drugs were valued at $125,000
An 18-year-old American woman was busted returning from the Domincan Republic with these packages of cocaine disguised as canned vegetables on New Year's Eve. The six cans holding about 4.3 pounds of cocaine had an estimated street value of $200,000.
These diamonds, woth $1.2 million, were seized at JFK in late December 2008 from a U.S. citizen arriving from Tel Aviv - like most busts, this one occurred after the traveler displayed "nervous behavior."
These wooden boxes containing a total of 10 birds were confiscated at JFK in April 2008 from the luggage of three Chinese travelers. Illegal birds are euthanized to prevent the spread of foreign diseases. These wooden boxes containing a total of 10 birds were confiscated at JFK in April 2008 from the luggage of three Chinese travelers. Illegal birds are euthanized to prevent the spread of foreign diseases.
The weird & wacky stuff confiscated at New York Customs
BY Lauren Johnston | nydailynews.com | Monday, March 2nd 2009
From l., heroin concealed in candy bars, bags of cocaine and $1.2m worth of diamonds.
A man recently attempted to smuggle in two live pigeons inside his pants.
A man recently attempted to smuggle in two live pigeons inside his pants.
Attention, airline passengers: Leave the chain saws, chocolate-covered heroin bars and frozen monkey heads at home.
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Wow, those are hairy legs, bet those pigeons were nice and toasty warm in there.
This seems to be an actual photo of Mr Pigeon pants
A man has been caught with two pigeons stuffed in his trousers after he got off a flight from Dubai to Melbourne.
news.bbc.co.uk | Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Australia holds ‘pigeon smuggler’
Australian customs officials say the live birds were wrapped in padded envelopes and held to the man’s legs by a pair of tights under his trousers.
Officials also found two eggs in a vitamin container in the man’s luggage.
Australia has strict quarantine rules on the importation of wildlife, plants and food. The man, 23, could face up to 10 years in jail.
The nation’s quarantine regulations are designed to protect health, agriculture and the environment.
As well as 10 years’ imprisonment, the maximum sentence for wildlife smuggling includes a fine of A$110,000 (US$70,480; £48,902).
Customs officials say they also seized seeds in the man’s money belt and an undeclared aubergine, following the flight on Sunday.
They add that the pigeons were not endangered and that the case, as well as the birds, eggs and seeds, has been turned over to the country’s Quarantine Service to assess the health risk.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7869301.stm
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Posted by admin on Oct 8, 2008 in
Feloniousness,
Forteana When one thinks of Amsterdam and smuggling, this is NOT what comes to mind. I once saw a cage full of similar kittens at a shelter. They had a large sign on the front that warned, “CAREFUL when you open the door, THEY WILL GET OUT”
Helen Wilmore with the suit case that contained beauty her cat which was discovered at Amsterdam airport
Stowaway kitten stuck in Amsterdam
A kitten which stowed away in her owner’s suitcase has been stranded in Amsterdam after a 21-hour trip.
By Chris Irvine | Last Updated: 7:14AM BST 08 Oct 2008 | www.telegraph.co.uk
Stowaway: Beauty may never be reunited with her family due to the high costs of getting her back to the UK
Helen Wilmore, 36, found her three-month-old kitten, Beauty, who was bought as a gift for the family, after travelling to Amsterdam for weekend break.
But Beauty may never be reunited with her family due to the high costs of getting her back to the UK,
As she was packing her suitcase, Beauty was sleeping on her bed, but when the time came for Ms Wilmore to leave, she could not find the cat anywhere.
Airport security staff failed to spot the kitten on their scanners and, because of flight delays, she was not discovered until 21 hours later when Ms Wilmore opened her case.
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Posted by admin on Apr 14, 2008 in
Feloniousness These dudes were serious beetle fans. I’m familiar with smuggling exotic birds, but I’d never heard of bug smuggling before.
Australia Nabs Two for Smuggling Beetles
www.javno.com/en | April 10, 2008
Investigators said the beetles were believed to be native species which cannot be exported without a permit.
Two men from the United States have been arrested and charged with trying to smuggle about 1,300 native beetles out of Australia in empty yoghurt containers, customs officials said on Thursday.
The men, aged 62 and 63, were detained at Perth airport in Western Australia state after customs officers found up to 1,000 tiger beetles hidden in one of set of luggage, and more than 300 beetles in another case.
“The beetles were contained in glass vials concealed inside five empty yoghurt containers,” customs manager of investigations Richard Janeczko said in a statement.
Investigators said the beetles were believed to be native species which cannot be exported without a permit. Australian species are popular with wildlife smugglers due to their bright colours.
The two men, one from Florida and one from Massachusetts in the United States, could face a maximum fine of A$100,000 ($92,000), or 10 years in jail, if convicted.
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