Drug smugglers are using puppies to traffic heroin.

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11132226/

Given the long-time use of human "mules" to swallor condoms full of heroin and cocaine, and surgical implantation of same, I'm not the least bit surprised. I wish the story went on to say what happened to the dogs here at the other end. Were the drugs humanely removed and the dogs restitched and sold or put up for adoption or were they just gutted and discarded? Hopefully the fact that they were purebread dogs with some intrinsic value (despite surgical scars) means that they were spared and wound up as pets somewhere.

 

But if they got 20kg of heroin into the states that way, that is a whole lot of puppies.

The version I heard on the radio yesterday reported that 3 had died.

I have seen stories like this on Animal Planet "Animal Police". Usually these people are caught because the condoms break in the puppies stomachs and kill the puppies, raising suspicion. Some people just have no feeling when it comes to getting what they want(in this case, money for drugs)

The version I heard on the radio yesterday reported that 3 had died.

I saw that number as well, but I'm just trying to imagine how many dogs it would have talen to move 20kg of drugs and wondering what the fate of all of those animals was.

Pfft, that's nothing.

Anyone remember the woman who was busted trying to smuggle coke by using the body of a dead baby? It had been gutted and stuffed with bags of coke. People got suspicious because she had it wrapped up and wouldn't let anyone at the airport look at it.

Pfft, that's nothing.

Anyone remember the woman who was busted trying to smuggle coke by using the body of a dead baby?  It had been gutted and stuffed with bags of coke.  People got suspicious because she had it wrapped up and wouldn't let anyone at the airport look at it.

 

No, I dont remember that. Makes me kind of nauseous.

I heard that the dogs that did not die were put up for adoption. Happy ending to a sick story.

I HEARD about the story, but didn't read it. I can't put up with people abusing animals like that. Heartless, f***ing bastards. I look at my dog and am proud that he has a good home.

why don't more people believe in hell?

 

 

it makes me feel better about these mfers...they'll get it one day.

Pfft, that's nothing.

Anyone remember the woman who was busted trying to smuggle coke by using the body of a dead baby?  It had been gutted and stuffed with bags of coke.  People got suspicious because she had it wrapped up and wouldn't let anyone at the airport look at it.

 

 

People like that needs a good old fashioned southside ass kicking. Use a f***ing doll or something, not a dead baby.

People like that needs a good old fashioned southside ass kicking.  Use a f***ing doll or something, not a dead baby.

 

Don't worry.. it's not true.

 

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa092198.htm

 

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/drugs/deadbaby.htm

Is it bad that I just wondered what would have happened if they passed a drug sniffing dog?

 

*punches ticket to hell*

Some more details.. Jim, it states 10 puppies.

 

From the AP

 

February 1, 2006 - A twisted crew of Colombian drug dealers turned purebred puppies into cuddly drug couriers by surgically implanting them with packets of liquid heroin, federal authorities said Wednesday.

 

Ten puppies, including Labrador retrievers, were rescued during a 2005 raid on a farm in Colombia, the Drug Enforcement Administration said while announcing recent arrests in the two-year investigation.

 

A local veterinarian had stitched 14 packets containing about 3 kilograms of heroin - worth roughly $200,000 wholesale - into the bellies of six pups. Three of the doggies later died from infection after the drugs were removed.

 

The surviving dogs "are still alive and well, we're told," said John P. Gilbride, head of the DEA's New York office.

 

Colombian police said they adopted three dogs, one of which was being trained to sniff for drugs.

 

DEA investigators said they believe the drug ring, based in Medellin, Colombia, used the puppies and other methods to conceal millions of dollars in heroin on commercial flights into New York City for distribution throughout the East Coast.

 

It was unclear how many dogs were used in the scheme, nor did investigators know their fate once they arrived on U.S. soil, Gilbride said.

 

"I think it's outrageous and heinous that they'd use small, innocent puppies in this way," Gilbride said. "It just demonstrates what lengths drugs dealers will go to get drugs into the country."

 

The puppy implants were the traffickers' inhumane take on the common practice of paying people to swallow dozens of drug-packed pellets made with condoms or latex glove fingers wrapped in tape. The couriers, called "swallowers," then take flights to U.S. cities, where they expel the drugs by going to the bathroom.

 

Authorities said swallowers - who risk fatal overdoses if the pellets rupture in their stomachs - also were part of the heroin operation. Drugs also were concealed in body creams and aerosol cans and were sewn into the linings of purses and luggage.

 

Recent raids in Colombia resulted in more than 20 arrests; another 10 suspects were in custody in New York, Florida and North Carolina. About 24 kilograms of heroin was seized.

 

Colombia's national police gave a slightly different account of the investigation, describing two raids, with the second, on Wednesday, involving 20 arrests. They said they discovered a clandestine clinic where veterinarians had implanted six dogs with a total of 3 kilograms of heroin.

Theyll get thiers

People like that needs a good old fashioned southside ass kicking.  Use a f***ing doll or something, not a dead baby.

 

 

"a good old fashioned southside ass kicking."