NBC Miami - We appreciate the stupidity of hiding drugs in
plain sight. But compared to melon-smuggling, we are not entertained.
What, has the world run out of frozen sharks?
A Miami and Fort Lauderdale Coast Guard crew seized
nearly 800 pounds of marijuana from a boat bound from Bimini overnight
after finding the illegal cargo sitting on deck in plain sight.
Yeesh. The only thing we've
ever smuggled is candy into a movie theatre (items needed: purse, candy)
and even we know it's better to stash stuff in a wheel well or body
cavity or whatever else, um, floats one's boat.
The Coast Guard says they received tips about a
suspicious vessel heading west from the Bahamas, and sent the cutter
Diamondback to locate the 20-foot craft and conduct a safety inspection.
That safety inspection took all of laying eyes on 47 bricks o' drugs
stacked on board, with an estimated street value of $725,000.
The two would-be smugglers
were taken to Fort Lauderdale and handed over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
and Border Protection, where along with criminal charges they deserve a
good strong talking to about their lack of creativity.
With recent drug busts
involving imaginative hidey-holes like the aforementioned shark bodies along with cantaloupes, diapers, plaster Jesus statues, chicken
cavities, and Michael Douglas' son, we can't help but be
extremely disappointed this pair didn't attempt a higher degree of
difficulty.
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