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Originally Posted by MooseIBe
Why did they say don't go to the authorities? Was the idea that the authorities were somehow involved and would take the pot on from him and distribute it? I can't see any other way for the traffickers to get it back, otherwise.
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No no. They told him to avoid the authorities because he'd get arrested no questions asked. Their police force aren't allowed to do a lot of thinking for themselves, it would seem.
The drugs - as I understand it - were never meant for Bali. When this happens, it is basically a stuff up between interstate traffickers in Australia.
When you think about it, it's quite a smart way of doing business, so long as you've got competant baggage handlers on side. The bags have already gone through all the security checks that they are going to. The baggage handler then slips in the drugs and loads the baggage onto the plane. He notifies the handler at the other end which bag he put it in, and the drugs are retrieved at that next stop.
But what has apparently happened is the second baggage handler is missing the bag and it is being sent on its way to an adjoining flight to god knows where, drugs and all.
People have started wrapping up their luggage in big sheets of plastic so that they can't have anything slipped in.