As necessity is the mother of invention, the demand for drugs is mother of inventive smuggling. The guards at the Albuquerque jail must have wondered how many burritos had previously passed through security that were beans, cheese and heroin after one hungry guard helped himself to the Mexican specialty en route to inmates. On closer inspection, he noticed that most of the frijoles had been replaced with black tar heroin. After a medical inspection it was determined the guard was fine and a trip to the Betty Ford Treatment Center would not be necessary. Despite aggressive drug detection methods, smugglers are continually coming up with innovative ways to transport drugs.
Cocaine is sewn into wigs, inserted under animal skin and hidden in breast implants.
Tennis balls loaded with drugs are tossed over prison fences. Heroin and LSD are hidden behind postage stamps. Prison employees and relatives deliver. Drugs are smuggled in every conceivable stitch of clothing, in the soles of shoes, inserted in body cavities and ingested in balloons. When customs inspectors demanded to examine Garcia St. Jean Jacob's two canvas bags, she was arrested.