Nigerian Man Arrested with Cocaine-filled Roasted Chickens
As far as drug stashes go, the inside of a roasted chicken is not the worst idea I've heard. But, alas, it wasn't clever enough for a Nigerian mechanic attempting to smuggle $150,000 of cocaine into Lagos from Brazil. Nigerian police arrested him at the Lagos airport after discovering over five pounds of poultry-covered cocaine, all wrapped inside egg-shaped tinfoil.
The mechanic and accused smuggler, Vincent Chegini Chinweuwa, was returning to Nigeria after living for six years in Brazil.
"This was like a retirement plan for him," said Mitchell Ofoyeju, spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
Ofoyeju also noted that the coke-filled roasted chicken scheme was just the latest in a long list of creative smuggling ideas.
Authorities have found drugs sandwiched inside the fabric of suitcases, sewn into wigs worn by female passengers, tucked into underwear or hidden in phone chargers and even in a stethoscope, Ofoyeju said.
"The list is endless," he said.
As far as chicken-related crimes go, though, this one pales in comparison to other recent tragic chicken news.
