Bizarre! Woman tries to smuggle packets of drugs in false baby bump
A woman faked a pregnancy to commit a serious crime while she was travelling from Mendoza to Santa Cruz in Argentina. The bizarre part of the incident was that the woman was carrying 15 packets of marijuana in her fake bump.
In order to smuggle drugs from one part to another, the woman has been arrested by Argentina Police.
A tweet was shared by Minister of Security in Argentina Patricia Bullrich said in a tweet, “She was carrying 15 packets of marijuana in her fake bump while travelling from Mendoza to Santa Cruz in Argentina, Patricia Bullrich, Minister of Security in Argentina.” She captioned along with sharing a false baby bump of the woman.
¡NARCO EMBARAZO! Fabricó una panza con engrudo, escondió 15 paquetes de marihuana y simulando un embarazo, intentó trasladarla de #Mendoza a #SantaCruz. En un control de @gendarmeria detuvimos a la falsa embarazada y a su cómplice. ¡Así se las ingenió para traficar la droga! pic.twitter.com/6Lw2bAaOch
— Patricia Bullrich (@PatoBullrich) November 13, 2019
The lady was caught when Police officers conducted a raid on a coach in which the woman was travelling along with another man. The man had a small packet of marijuana in a black bag, Daily Mail reported, following which the woman was busted.
Officers found suspicious and caught woman faking her pregnancy. Later, it was discovered that they were a couple.
She hid the packets of drugs by pasting it in the form of a baby bump to fool the police. However, the woman was arrested along with her partner at the police checkpoint.
First published: 16 November 2019, 14:11 IST