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[iNvid02]

holidaymaker = a person on vacation away from their home

A young Irishman is contemplating spending the next decade and a half in jail after he tried to sneak past Brazilian customs with a kilo of cocaine hidden in his guts.

The 20-year-old holidaymaker, identified only as P.B.B., was stopped as he tried to board a flight back to Europe from Sao Paolo's Congonhas airport.

He had somehow managed to stuff 72 bags, containing almost a kilo of coke with a street value of up to 150,000 euros, down his throat, according to police.

Border security became suspicious after the man appeared to be nervous as he arrived at the departures gate last Monday, the Irish Independent reported.

He was taken to the nearby Santa Misericordia Hospital where scans confirmed the presence of the suspect packages in his intestines

Brazilian prosecutors have now charged him with international drug trafficking, which carries a sentence of up to 15 years.

About five people are arrested every day trying to smuggle drugs through Congonhas airport, which connects to 53 countries.

It is notorious as a major exit point for drug mules bringing cocaine from South America to the rest of the world.

Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs told TheJournal.ie they were aware of reports on the case, but as yet had received no request for consular assistance.

The Brazilian penal system is slow, and it could be up to six months before the young man appears in court.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-KILO-cocaine-Brazil--tries-past-customs.html

 

[dave is ok]

For the Americans, what's a holidaymaker?

 

[Sipowicz]

For the Americans, what's a holidaymaker?

one who goes on holiday

i guess your equivalent would be vacationer or something

 

[MiloFoxburr]

How are people still so stupid as to be drug mules? Watching 'Banged Up Abroad' and I just shake my head at how stupid the people are.

 

[Granger Danger]

I only swallow things that are measured in gallons.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

OMG how could a person even survive that? Thats disgusting and super interesting.
Also, they look like flaming hot cheetos.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Coming soon on banged up abroad...

Thing is him getting caught may well have saved his life (bags bursting, getting stuck internally etc)

edit: I'm too slow...

 

[Kinyou]

Those scans looks freaking scary. Just imagine if just one of those bags had popped.

Also i can see that some are already half down his poophole :*(

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

I only swallow things that are measured in gallons.

A kilo is a thousand grams, its easy to remember.

 

[shuri]

can you imagine having suddenly the shit and you just CANT HOLD IT BACK midflight. You start shitting up the bags, but you cant leave them there!.. And then you realise what you must do!

 

[dave is ok]

For America, 'Banged Up Abroad' is 'Locked Up Abroad'

I'm actually shocked he got caught doing this. How could he have possibly gotten caught?

A kilo is a thousand grams, its easy to remember.

Nice

 

[TheSeks]

Those scans looks freaking scary. Just imagine if just one of those bags had popped.

Which does happen quite often.

Dude's a moron for getting into the traffic trade, but given it's South America you're forced into it if you meet the wrong people down there.

How could he have possibly gotten caught?

Stuffing millions of bags down your throat = choking hazard, if you get them all down there is a risk of the balloons popping and the cocaine being in your system... == shock and death from overdose.

Worrying about the risks of the above = looking nervous on boarding = being checked for cocaine smuggling = caught.

Not a hard line of logic to follow.

 

[LakeEarth]

How did security know though? They look for really nervous looking people?

 

[AbsoluteZero]

Who the fuck's gonna want cocaine that's passed though this guy's colon? Ick.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

one who goes on holiday

i guess your equivalent would be vacationer or something

That seems overly complicated.

Like calling a jogger a sneakerupanddownener.

 

[Indrid Cold1]

Cocaine, a helluva plug.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

That seems overly complicated.

Like calling a jogger a sneakerupanddownener.

except holidaymaker is longer than vacationer.

Vacationer is someone who is on vacation.

Holidaymaker is......someone who makes holidays?

 

[dave is ok]

Worrying about the risks of the above = looking nervous on boarding = being checked for cocaine smuggling = caught.

Not a hard line of logic to follow.

Looking nervous = them searching your bag and patting you down.

For this guy to get caught, he must have freaked out or something.

 

[TheSeks]

Who the fuck's gonna want cocaine that's passed though this guy's colon? Ick.

Er-They're in plastic balloons, kinda like Condoms. You know this, right?

 

[Deleted member 1235]

wait 150,000 euro for a kilo of cocaine? Isn't that.... a bit off?

1gram costs 50 euro in Amsterdam

Did they triple the value for the story?

 

[AbsoluteZero]

Er-They're in plastic balloons, kinda like Condoms. You know this, right?

Of course. Still the thought of it is squick-worthy.

 

[The Lamonster]

So according to those photos, if they're real, his stomach was extremely bloated.

Dude is lucky to be alive. Hopefully he doesn't breed though.

 

[heliosRAzi]

So according to those photos, if they're real, his stomach was extremely bloated.

Dude is lucky to be alive. Hopefully he doesn't breed though.

He's lucky they didn't burst. It's a bad way to go.

 

[dave is ok]

wait 150,000 euro for a kilo of cocaine? Isn't that.... a bit off?

1gram costs 50 euro in Amsterdam

Did they triple the value for the story?

It probably wasn't cut with anything yet.

We all think you're really cool for buying cocaine in Amsterdam though.

 

[Syracuse022]

Those pictures of his stomach... Hilarious. Wow. P.B.B. Full Of Grace

 

[Double D]

 

[Raiden]

Who the fuck's gonna want cocaine that's passed though this guy's colon? Ick.

Because everybody who sells cocaine on the streets is going to tell their buyers that they got it from a dude who pooped it out.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Because everybody who sells cocaine on the streets is going to tell their buyers that they got it from a dude who pooped it out.

"Dude I got that real good shit this month, I got this shit that was digested by this Irish guy, it's that Irish shit."

 

[Tobor]

Who the fuck's gonna want cocaine that's passed though this guy's colon? Ick.

You should market a line of cocaine for squeamish junkies. "Guaranteed 100% Colon Free!"

 

[jon bones]

A kilo is a thousand grams, its easy to remember.

whoever got the kilos got the candy, man

 

[Esch]

A kilo is a thousand grams, its easy to remember.

Throughout the I 9 to 5 I'm the Handyman...

 

[Cheech]

there's a party in my tummy

so yummy, so yummy

 

[akira28]

They probably saw him squirming and just made him wait a bit to see if he got worse. I wonder if they give me something to help sieze him up for the flight. I mean...Columbia's a fair bit away from Ireland. Why don't these people just take boats? Slow ones.

 

[Osietra]

He'll be swallowing another type of white stuff for the next 15 years. Amiright guys?

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Of course. Still the thought of it is squick-worthy.

As opposed to the thought of shooting drugs into your veins?

 

[dark_chris]

Reminds me of the movie Maria Full of Grace

 

[AbsoluteZero]

As opposed to the thought of shooting drugs into your veins?

I never claimed that it wasn't, to my knowledge.

 

[Az]

Soon it will be Crack Cocaine.

 

[Leona Lewis]

Soon it will be Crack Cocaine.

 

[WickedAngel]

Of course. Still the thought of it is squick-worthy.

This isn't asparagus; there isn't a "Came from Colon" sticker on the baggie you buy.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

A kilo? Sounds like a load of shit.

 

[MightyHealthy]

didn't this guy learn from ODB?