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Australian customs officers have discovered nearly 300 grams of ecstasy tablets hidden inside a Mr. Potato Head toy sent to Australia from Ireland.
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In a related story, customs officers in the Netherlands discovered cocaine stashed in the backs of more than 100 large, dead bugs sent from Peru to the Netherlands.
“We see a lot of things, but this was a first for us,” customs spokesman Kees Nanninga said Thursday.
“It looked like they were cut open, the drugs hidden in their backs and then they were glued back together again,” he said.
The insects held only about 10 ounces of cocaine, worth about $11,000, Nanninga said.
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Posted by Cynthia on October 23, 2007 at 10:02 AM in Australia, Cocaine, Drugs (miscellaneous), Netherlands, Peru | Permalink