Most creative ways to transport drugs

It was just a matter of time. During the World Cup fever, there would be countless replicas of the famous trophy, so it makes sense for drug lords to try making a Cocaine World Cup trophy, hence less likely to be detected.

The BBC reported on 4th July 2010 narcotics police in Colombia has seized a replica World Cup trophy made of 11kg of cocaine. It was mixed with acetone / gasoline so that it’s mouldable, then gold-painted. The 36cm (14in) trophy was inside a delivery box in a warehouse at Bogota airport, about to be sent to Spain.

Earlier, on 13th March 2010, it was reported that Colombian police found 16kg of cocaine inside replicas of three sculptures by renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero, also on the way to Spain. The drug was mixed into the clay of the sculptures as they were being cast. It was found in a Bogota warehouse.

Botero’s statues are usually oversized figurines

On 20th March 2009, it was reported that Spanish police has seized a 42-piece dinner set made entirely of compressed cocaine weighing more than 20 kg. The set contained blue-sunflowery plates, cups, pots and saucers – painted blue and decorated with sunflowers.

It had been sent from Venezuela to Barcelona through London.

A video of the set being unpacked:

On the 6th of March 2009, a 66-year-old Chilean man with a broken leg in a cast was arrested at Barcelona airport after the “cast” was found to be made of cocaine and not plaster. He arrived from Santiago. As if that’s not enough, he was also carrying 6 cans of beer and 2 small hollowed-out stools that contained… you guessed it right: cocaine. Total loot: almost 5 kg. The police said he might even have broken his leg on purpose.

That’s it – as a result of that stunt, I’d say it’d be impossible for our man to get life insurance quotes.

Why all these cases targeted Spain? Because of the common language, and because Spain is Europe’s second highest consumer of cocaine in Europe after Britain.

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