5 Of The Craziest Ways That People Have Been Caught Smuggling Drugs

Published May 23, 2017
Updated May 4, 2018

Puppies

Crazy Ways Drugs Smuggled Puppies

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These puppies didn’t choose thug life. Thug life chose them.

In 2006, labrador retriever puppies were used to smuggle drugs in Colombia. Six of them were carrying more than 6.6 pounds of heroin in their stomachs, according to CNN.

The dogs’ bellies had been cut open and the smugglers had stitched packets of heroin inside.

“The organization’s outrageous and heinous smuggling method of implanting heroin inside puppies is a true indication of the extent that drug dealers go to make their profit,” the Special Agent in Charge, John Gilbride, said.

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John Kuroski
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John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.