Woman caught with 320 heroin-filled condoms in stomach

By at 8:12 am Sunday, Jun 25

An Australian woman faces life imprisonment for swallowing 320 condoms containing a total of 300 grams of heroin. She was picked up by authorities after her flight from Singapore landed in Sydney. The news reports don't say how the fuzz knew the women was smuggling the drug. Probably a tipster. Link

Reader comment: Chris says:

I'd wager on drug mule behavior before I'd wager on a tipster. Cops employ smuggler profiles to catch these types of smugglers. It's interesting stuff. Here's some links:

Drug smuggling behavior: a developmental smuggling model: Part 1. $9.95

Drug smuggling behavior: a developmental smuggling model: Part 2.

Wikipedia article on smuggling operations.

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