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Cops Bust Woman With 50 Condoms Of Cocaine In Her Stomach

A 21-year-old Dominican woman is in police custody after authorities says she tried to board an airplane with 50 condoms in her stomach filled with cocaine. Police say Luisa Gill of New Jersey swallowed 50 condoms full of cocaine with a street value of $50,000 before hopping on a JetBlue flight from the Domincan Republic to the states. Custom agents stopped her after noticing that she seemed jittery and she admitted to swallowing the stash. More, including video, at HipHopWired.com

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Flipping Birds! Prison Pigeon Found With Coke And Weed Tied To Its Back

Drug smugglers are giving new meaning to the term ‘flipping birds.’ Police say inmates are training pigeons to smuggle drugs after a pigeon was found struggling to fly over a prison wall with a sack of coke strapped to its back. (Newser) – Police in Colombia busted a pigeon narco-trafficker after it was caught trying to fly into a prison with too heavy a load. The bird, which is now being cared for by authorities, was found struggling to fly with 40 grams of marijuana and 5 grams of cocaine paste strapped to its wings, the BBC reports. Police, who believe the bird was trained by inmates, say they’ve caught other pigeons attempting to carry phone cards into the jail. Talk about criminal ingenuity. Source

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The American High School Football Star Who Became a Drug Lord [Crime]

Moms and dads, you might be disappointed with how your kids turned out. But always remember it’s not as bad as it could be. Edgar Valdez Villarreal went from a high school football star in Texas to Mexican drug lord. More

Bizarre Bird Smuggling Case Lands Two Men in Jail

Photo: AP / Department of Justice Last April, airport authorities became suspicious of a traveler arriving to LAX from Vietnam after noticing bird droppings on his socks and feathers peeking from the cuffs of his pants. A closer inspection of the man, Sony Dong, revealed fourteen Asian songbirds strapped to the his legs, valued at around $1000 each on the black market. Over fifty more birds were found when Dong’s residence was searched, and police would later arrest the smuggling operation’s ringleader. But after pleading guilty in court, the two men have been sentenced to jail for their role in the

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Bizarre Bird Smuggling Case Lands Two Men in Jail