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October 4, 2007
Topics afp, drugs, sydney, cocaine, head, man, police, ireland, mail, australia, life and toys
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and their Irish counterparts are investigating the source of illegal drugs smuggled inside an Action Man figure and a smiling Mr Potato Head toy after the Australian Customs officers say they found banned ecstasy tablets and cocaine inside the figurines placed in a package that arrived at the Sydney International Mail Centre from Ireland, in late July. The Australian Customs officers say they found the MDMA tablets intended for a home in western Sydney, in a small taped bag inside the toy after an X-ray examination revealed suspicious substances.
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September 20, 2007
A man who was more afraid of fellow drug dealers than he was of the law was arrested after the 68 pounds of cocaine he had reported missing was found by Boy Scouts. Leroy Carr, 46, told Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that he had stashed two blue backpacks full of cocaine by the entrance to a Boy Scout camp near the Canadian border on Aug. 3, but when he went back the next day to get them, they were gone.
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September 20, 2007
A man who was more afraid of fellow drug dealers than he was of the law was arrested after the 68 pounds of cocaine he had reported missing was found by Boy Scouts. Leroy Carr, 46, told Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that he had stashed two blue backpacks full of cocaine by the entrance to a Boy Scout camp near the Canadian border on Aug. 3, but when he went back the next day to get them, they were gone.
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August 13, 2007
Police in Rochelle, Georgia were surprised to receive a call from a woman who asked them to help "get her money back" because she was not satisfied with the quality of the crack cocaine she purchased. A 53-year-old woman was arrested late Thursday night after she called up police to inform about her purchase of a $20 piece of what she considered crack cocaine.
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July 17, 2007
It came as a shock to the Colombian police when a grand piano, that was shipped as a part of household items, was found to have cocaine stocked up in its keys. Colombian custom officers discovered 560 pounds of cocaine after the piano played an off note when the keys got accidentally pressed. The Miami Herald reported Tuesday that the cocaine, which is worth $5 million, was part of a shipment of household items originating in the capital of Bogota and destined for Panama.
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