High Seas Part 2 – Women smuggled cocaine in bras and girdles while on cruise ship.

Following on from my blog in February about the 24 pounds of cocaine worth $300,000 found on board Royal Caribbean Jewel of the Seas where seven passengers were arrested, it seems some people never learn.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have said four women were arrested on charges of smuggling cocaine inside their bras and girdles after arriving in Port Canaveral from a cruise. Lakisha Abney, Shawnta Aiken, Ciera Bryant and Shenique Milbourne departed on a seven-night Western Caribbean cruise aboard the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Freedom of the Seas, on May 8 and when the ship arrived at Port Canaveral on May 15, Bryant was found with five vacuum-sealed packages of cocaine in her bra and girdle.

Officials said they decided to pat her down after asking Bryant, who was wearing a loose-fitting muumuu, whether she was traveling alone. Bryant said she was traveling with three others, who officials noted were similarly dressed. The officials also said Bryant’s voice and hands were shaking, and she was not making eye contact.

Personally I think the sight of anyone in a girdle and a muumuu is cause for concern in itself!

Agents found Abney, Aiken and Milbourne, and escorted them into a baggage inspection area where officials conducted a pat-down and found several vacuum-sealed packages containing cocaine. Agents said the total weight of cocaine found on the women was 6.668 kilograms and the women have been charged with conspiracy to import a controlled substance into the United States.

Now I’m not Tony Montana, but even I know 6 kilograms of cocaine is a paltry amount in the general scheme of things, these girls were hardly doing a Pablo Escobar, it makes you wonder why on earth they take the risk for what I’m sure were minimal rewards.

So now they have a criminal record and even worse, no chance of ever cruising with Royal Caribbean again – that’ll teach ’em!

Bye for now.