BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Devious drug smugglers tried to conceal cannabis worth almost £3,000 in a painting of footballer Emmanuel Adebayor. The wooden framed picture was seized by border officials as it passed through the international postal hub in Coventry from the footballer's native Togo. Their suspicions may have been raised because the painting of the former Arsenal star was addressed to a home in Tottenham, the team's north London arch rival. Details of the ambitious trafficking scam and several others were revealed by UK Border Agency today to highlight the cunning ploys of drug traffickers. Officials intercepted stashes of drugs hidden in bottles of Baileys, woven baskets, packets of peanuts and even yams that had been opened and glued back together. Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/01/06/emmanuel-adebayor-painting-used-to-smuggle-drugs-115875-22830230/#ixzz1AGpQh8Qz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True_Blue 469 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 They see him rollin' they hatin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Abramovich 175 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Thats the kind of headline that the media puts on these stories, has almost nothing to do with Adebayor, just his picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo 1,729 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I find it funny that they would use a picture of Adebayor though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drogba11CFC 108 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Devious drug smugglers tried to conceal cannabis worth almost £3,000 in a painting of footballer Emmanuel Adebayor. The wooden framed picture was seized by border officials as it passed through the international postal hub in Coventry from the footballer's native Togo. Their suspicions may have been raised because the painting of the former Arsenal star was addressed to a home in Tottenham, the team's north London arch rival. Details of the ambitious trafficking scam and several others were revealed by UK Border Agency today to highlight the cunning ploys of drug traffickers. Officials intercepted stashes of drugs hidden in bottles of Baileys, woven baskets, packets of peanuts and even yams that had been opened and glued back together. Read more: http://www.mirror.co.../#ixzz1AGpQh8Qz Always one fatal flaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 Thats the kind of headline that the media puts on these stories, has almost nothing to do with Adebayor, just his picture.Yeah, that was kind of the point of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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