Good grief: Man caught with $50k in heroin at Detroit Metro Airport, claims it's for ailing grandmother: "Remember back a few years when Pittsburgh Steelers running back Bam Morris was caught with something like 7 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of his car and he didn't want to get convinced of being a dealer or mule so he claimed it was all for personal use? Well this story goes something like that. An overseas flight comes into Detroit Metro and customs finds $50k worth of heroin on a man. So he claims it's for personal use. Not for him but for his dear, sick grandmother who apparently needs to shoot up like a fiend. From MLive:
A 53-year-old Oklahoma man says $50,000 worth of heroin found during a customs inspection at Detroit Metropolitan Airport was intended as a pain reliever for his ailing grandmother.Heroine for diabetes? That's a new one. I found a picture online of the, err... crack agent that caught the guy:
Federal authorities say Stevan Patong Thao was arrested after arriving about noon Sunday on a flight that originated in Laos and stopped in Narita, Japan.
Thao was caught transporting two pill bottles containing 490 heroin capsules. Thao said he had a prescription for the illegal drugs, then said his nephew bought them in Laos and were intended for his diabetes and high blood pressure. Authorities say both stories were false.
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