PlayStation Used in Drug Smuggling Attempt
Have you ever wondered what whiskey, rum, cheese, chocolate, and a PlayStation all have in common? Yeah, neither have we. But apparently, the Italians are way ahead of the curve here as they somehow managed to utilize such “devices” to aid in their drug trafficking shenanigans.
The story goes that cinque (that’s “five” according to Google Translate) “international couriers” were arrested at an airport in the Italian province of Fiumicino for allegedly trying to smuggle in ten kilos of drugs from producing countries presumably in South America. While intercepting illegal narcotics imports is a feat in itself, the real award goes to the two Argentinians who stashed their precious cargo in the control panel of a PlayStation that was addressed to their nieces. The console itself seemed “perfectly functional” and even succeeded in cloaking the drugs from X-rays. However, it was only after authorities were able to tear apart the system that the drugs were discovered. It’s unclear as to which model PlayStation was used in this operation, but if we were the betting type, we’d say it was an old PS2 they used to train with Smuggler’s Run.
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8 Responses to “PlayStation Used in Drug Smuggling Attempt”
“international couriers” WERE arrested
geez, sometimes i feel like im reading youtube comments
@ curtissheets28
Any misspellings or grammatical errors in the above article are intentional; they are placed there for the enjoyment of those who like to point them out.
From the picture its a original fat PS2. It has a nice compartment in the back to was meant to store the internal harddrive that was never released in europe.
The “official” HDD was never released you mean. I used to have a 120GB in my old fat PS2 with a usb stick that had a disc reading program on it. I used to store all my PS2 games on it, you just couldn’t play online unless you had the particular game disc of the game you wanted to play. Otherwise, i’d rent a load of games, download them, take them back to the store and own them for as long as i desired!
But then again, I may be fibbing! (that was a disclaimer btw! lol)
@Steven Garcia
it’s a hobby i’ve practiced for many years so i should really thank you for keeping it going
but really, i dont care too much about mistakes EXCEPT for when words are mixed up….major peeve = “your retarded” vs “you’re an idiot for using the wrong word trying to insult me”….they’re vs there vs their..etc.
it only does everything.
every week i find new things about playstation. it keeps amazing me. wow
If it had done everything then it would have done a better job of hiding the “dope”. They should have created false space areas instead of just cramming the plastic bags in there… Smaller quantity would have made it through, but because these people are greedy they will always put themselves at risk of discovery.
That’s hilarious
to nit pick: Fiumicino is the main airport right outside Rome, I was there less than a month ago- Wish i had seen this is person, I would have died.