My brother-in-law always tells his kids, "Do what you love and find a way to make money at it." Well Kudos to you, Mr. Chilean Cocaine guy.
Spanish police say they have arrested a 66-year-old Chilean man at a Barcelona airport after discovering his broken leg was supported by a "cast" made out of cocaine.
The man, who had hobbled off a flight from Santiago, was carrying more of the drug in fake beer cans and two hollowed-out stools.
"The man had a fractured leg and the 'plaster cast' that was immobilizing it was entirely made from cocaine," a statement said.
He "displayed an open fracture of the tibia and the fibula, and has been transferred to a clinic for an operation.
"Investigators are examining the possibility that these injuries were brought about voluntarily ... to facilitate trafficking through security checks," the statement said.
Spanish police are particularly wary about so-called "hot flights" from South America and had their suspicions about this man, which proved to be well-founded.
In total, the Chilean had 10.7 pounds of cocaine stuffed in the cans, the stools and forming his would-be "cast," police said.
A ten pound cast of pure cocaine? This is like something out of a movie. Climbing a fence and swimming a river to freedom is one thing, but making a psuedo plaster cast of Columbian cocaine that weighs almost 11 pounds is another. This is just resourcefulness at its very best. I've always liked the way South Americans think. When God hands you lemons, you make cocaine...or something like that.
