Heroin and antic swords

Mark · 19th April 2006, 04:41 PM

In most cases drugs are detected by dogs, which is why smugglers do stuff like seal it in coffee bags, liquids, etc. Surprisingly, it rarely masks the smell enough to fool a dog.

Anyway, hopefully customs folks won't start ripping appart any sword they find, looking for drugs. IMO it would be pretty dumb to do that, as they'd go crazy doing it while shipments of painted plaster yams sneak through.

Jens Nordlunde · 19th April 2006, 04:48 PM

The latest news is that the swords are copies, like I guessed. The swords were sent to England and later brought to Denmark, most likely by the owner an Englishman living in Denmark. He and a woman died from taking the heroin, and later his wife told the police about the swords. There seem to have been 30 swords but the police only found 25, so now they are looking for 5 swords – which should represent about 160 grams of almost pure heroin.

My guess is that the blades must have been made like the blade of double katars, where one blade is concealed in the blade of the other. The blade is made hollow in two pieces and later put together.

19th April 2006, 04:41 PM	#1
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	In most cases drugs are detected by dogs, which is why smugglers do stuff like seal it in coffee bags, liquids, etc. Surprisingly, it rarely masks the smell enough to fool a dog. Anyway, hopefully customs folks won't start ripping appart any sword they find, looking for drugs. IMO it would be pretty dumb to do that, as they'd go crazy doing it while shipments of painted plaster yams sneak through.

19th April 2006, 04:48 PM	#2
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	The latest news is that the swords are copies, like I guessed. The swords were sent to England and later brought to Denmark, most likely by the owner an Englishman living in Denmark. He and a woman died from taking the heroin, and later his wife told the police about the swords. There seem to have been 30 swords but the police only found 25, so now they are looking for 5 swords – which should represent about 160 grams of almost pure heroin. My guess is that the blades must have been made like the blade of double katars, where one blade is concealed in the blade of the other. The blade is made hollow in two pieces and later put together.