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Old 10-30-2007, 07:20 AM   #1
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October 30, 2007: Cocaine guitar



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A 30-something guy flew from Costa Rica to Fiumicino airport in Rome with a guitar (a black Squier Strat, with the label still on the scratchplate) and 10 thermos flasks in his luggage. The customs official noticed white powder leaking out of the guitar which tested positive for cocaine. Cocaine in solution was also found in the thermos flasks - a total of 2.5m Euros worth.
What strikes me is how much trouble they went to, to create this thing, only to have it fail because it leaked. The incompetence! Always use a qualified guitar technician for major work.
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Old 10-30-2007, 07:40 AM   #2
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It looks like they did a good job making it, but didn't account for the lack of pressure in the luggage compartment of a jet. The pressure differential between the pressurized cocaine packet and the depressurized luggage compartment was too great, and wisps of air, carrying white powder, came out of the guitar.

I wonder how they made it? It looks like a fiberglass shell that's been painted. If they use a mold to crank these out, now customs knows what to look for in the future.
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Old 10-30-2007, 08:22 AM   #3
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Now if they could make the guitar vibrate they would have the greatest hat trick ever! Sex, drugs and rock and roll!
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Old 10-30-2007, 08:34 AM   #4
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Now if they could make the guitar vibrate they would have the greatest hat trick ever! Sex, drugs and rock and roll!
Good one.
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Old 10-30-2007, 09:12 AM   #5
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What strikes me is how much trouble they went to, to create this thing, only to have it fail because it leaked. The incompetence! Always use a qualified guitar technician for major work.
This reminds me of Look Me in the Eye by John Robison, which I just read. Robison designed custom guitars for KISS guitarist Ace Frehley, including axes that would light up, (apparently) catch on fire and belch smoke, or shoot rockets.
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Old 10-30-2007, 09:20 AM   #6
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Mediocre smuggling effort IMHO.
My favorite was maybe 8 or 10 years ago, dudes in the golden triangle mixed heroin with a bit of glue and pressed it into decorative shapes and shipped it as ceiling moldings. Hiding in plain sight. Nice try ... except that I saw it on the evening news...
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Old 10-30-2007, 09:31 AM   #7
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Unfortunately, we'll never know about the really good ones that work.
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Old 10-30-2007, 10:56 AM   #8
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This is my first post and I have to say the process is more cumbersome than I expected.
In keeping with the gustatory theme common here, I think that the filling looks like cream cheese or perhaps a puffball mushroom.
Also, it should be noted that everything inside the fuselage of a pressurized aircraft is equally pressurized, including the luggage compartment. It would be pretty tough on shipped animals if not.
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Old 10-30-2007, 11:01 AM   #9
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Also, it should be noted that everything inside the fuselage of a pressurized aircraft is equally pressurized, including the luggage compartment. It would be pretty tough on shipped animals if not.
Cool. I didn't realize that. Makes sense, what with the round shape and all.
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Old 10-30-2007, 11:14 AM   #10
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Welcome Diaphone Jim!

Is that username a play on Diamond Jim?
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Old 10-30-2007, 11:39 AM   #11
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It comes from an interest in Diaphone Air Horns, big ones (Types F and G) for fog signals and smaller ones (Types B and C) for fire department and emergency alerting systems.
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Old 10-30-2007, 01:04 PM   #12
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Not to mention telephone touch tones.

Welcome, sir. Stay a while.
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Old 10-30-2007, 01:44 PM   #13
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This is up there with the Black PVC smuggling.
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Old 10-30-2007, 03:43 PM   #14
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I think UT's stringing us along on this one. It looks like licorice filled with sherbert. All we need is Bertie Basset. My mate likes to pick out weird sweets like this, If I knew where to find them, I'd guitar one, the little strum-pet.
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Old 10-30-2007, 05:23 PM   #15
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Also, it should be noted that everything inside the fuselage of a pressurized aircraft is equally pressurized, including the luggage compartment. It would be pretty tough on shipped animals if not.
Sure, but people don't realize the pressure inside the cabin is still a lot lower than on the ground. My cheap (poorly-sealed) toiletry bottles always come out all collapsed and sucked thin. And for god's sake don't ever fly with bad congestion in your ears.
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