When I think of people trading or selling drugs I
think of men (not to be sexist or anything). I think of gangs, tattooed bodies,
criminal records, and maybe even murders. I think of countries like Mexico. But
it’s not like these things are required to handle illegal drugs. These are just
stereotypes; but what other kinds of people handle illegal drugs? High school
teens and college students are also pretty likely culprits. They however, at
least most of them, don’t smuggle them into other countries, they just get them
off the street and do them at parties, right? What about grandmas? I’ve never
thought of a grandmother smuggling drugs into other countries. An article
confirmed that grandmas do illegal things too.
A lady from the UK was caught smuggling cocaine
into a resort in India. She apparently hid a substantial amount of cocaine in
the lining of her suitcase and they found it at the airport. There are
countries in this world that have strict drug rules and some just minor
punishments. India happens to have strict rules if you offend their rules?
Capital punishment. After being tried in India, she was sentenced to death row.
The lady claims that a gang was threatening to
hurt her kids and that is the reason she was smuggling drugs.
I’m not sure if this lady’s story is true or if
there will be any investigation on it. The UK currently has someone on the case
trying to work with Indian representatives to lessen her punishment but it
looks like they’re not going to budge. They take this crime seriously. If this
grandmothers story is true (which I don’t know why it wouldn't be, what would
her motive be?) I feel really bad for her. I’m not sure how I would handle the
situation but I’m pretty sure that id bring it to the police no matter if they
told me they’d hurt my family if I did or not. It is the smartest decision
because they could hurt my family no matter what and id gets caught smuggling
anyway. I can’t lie or look non-suspicious. (355)
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