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RedCabbage
(Stranger)
10-04-04 20:42
No 534420
User Picture       Logistics 101

I am writing a fiction novel, and the antagonist has say 75-100 pounds of a substance with a slight amine odor that he wants to transport from coast to coast (USA). I am curious to know if anyone has any thoughts about how a really loathsome individual like my antagonist would do it? Drive it himself (or with others)? Charter a plane? Vacuum seal and activated-carbon wrap and send UPS or other commercial carrier? Split it up into smaller portions and ship to lessen the likelihood of losing it all? Dissolve it in something, ship the liquid, and recrystallize at the point of final destination? I was kinda leaning towards the chartered plane but didn't know if using a commercial charter service would be wiser and more believable than an independent pilot with his own craft. I am sure there are laws regarding the interstate transportation of contraband, but have no idea how strongly these laws are adhered to or enforced by airlines and indy pilots. Likewise, do small executive-type airports have any responsibilities in preventing this kind of outrageously egregious thing from happening? The plot thickens...

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

Jade
(soccer mom)
10-04-04 21:17
No 534424
User Picture       Some advice given to cops

WAY'S SMUGGLERS HAVE ENTER CONTRABAND INTO THE COUNTRY:

1. Asphalt Tanker Trucks

CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Hot liquid asphalt tankers are loaded with marijuana in front and/or rear compartments with a bona fide middle asphalt compartment dividing the two bogus compartments.

INDICATORS: To date the best method is the "hot/cold wall hands on test." This is accomplished by feeling the sides of the tanker from front to back to detect any section which is not hot. If a cold section is found, a false compartment is probable because the entire outside metal skin should be hot if the tanker is bona fide.

2. BASKETS

CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Hand woven palm fiber (raffia) baskets with marijuana inside each tube-like strand.

INDICATORS: Probing with a knife resulting in a sample of marijuana and excessive weight are indicators. Commercially available baskets already filled with marijuana have been reported from Jamaica.

3. BATTERIES

a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Display model twelve volt boat/auto battery cases capable of concealing drugs within the empty interior cells.

INDICATORS: One indicator is that a display model battery case filled with drugs is probably lighter than a normal 12 volt battery. Another is to test the battery by placing a metal bar across the positive and negative terminals. In addition a screw driver can be used to pry open the top plate's battery cell covers.

b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: "D" cell flashlight battery equipped with a small "AA" battery inside and then filled with heroin.

INDICATORS: No external indicator could be detected in this case.

4. BOATS

a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Buoyancy compartments of small sail boat filled with marijuana and the original fiberglass covering replaced professionally.

INDICATORS: Tapping the side buoyancy compartments produced a dull thud rather than the expected hollow sound. Drilling a small hole from the inside floor area produced a sample of marijuana.

b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Watertight metal contraband box attached to the outside hull below the waterline. Box is detachable and retrievable by means of wire cables and snapon clips.

INDICATORS: No specific indicators for this concealment will be notices.

5. BODY CARRY/CLOTHING/SHOES

a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUES: Tailored to fit vest, underwear and leg/ankle bandages with custom shaped drugs/money/other contraband inside the devices.

INDICATORS: Loose fitting clothing: as much as a size or two larger than a proper fit. Use of wraps or other clothing that is not consistent with the prevailing climate. A stiff posture and gait. One technique used by officers to reveal the use of this technique is to observe the subject bend over. If bending is difficult, suspicion should be aroused.

b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUES: Waistband of trousers filled with heroin.

INDICATORS: Bulges in trousers waistband lining are indications of a concealment. A search of the inner stitching of the trousers can disclose this concealment.

c. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUES: False soles and heels of shoes worn by the subject or carried in luggage.

INDICATORS: Odor of glue is often present from the recent separation and re-gluing of the outer or inner sole and heel. Shoes are often new and show very little wear, whereas the other clothing articles worn by the subject may be well worn. Drilling from the bottom exterior side is a proven method to disclose the presence of drugs.

6. BOOKS/MAGAZINES

a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Hardback covers of children's story books used to conceal cocaine.

INDICATORS: Mail inspectors at a Customs international mail facility became suspicious by an odor of glue on the covers which was not consistent with the used condition of the books. Highly compressed cocaine had been placed between the thick cardboard layers of the bookcovers.

b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Rolled magazine mail parcel used to conceal an inner core package of heroin.

INDICATORS: Previous mail seizures of magazines from Pakistan. Though mailed from Pakistan, the package had a Japanese return address and even had cancelled Japanese stamps on it which further aroused the inspector's suspicion.

7. BOTTLES

CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Heroin concealed within professionally sealed Liquor bottles further contained within cardboard cartons.

INDICATORS: The bottles displayed no sloshing sounds when shaken.

8. CANS

a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUES: Beer and soft drink cans with professionally sealed lids or screw tops or bottoms.

INDICATORS: The cans have a sloshing sound, and tapping the upper portion produces a resonant sound, but tapping the bottom portion results in a dull muted sound. Also, the cans with cocaine are heavier then those filled with beer.

b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUES: Aerosol spray cans modified in three ways; totally filled with drugs and permanently sealed; fitted with a cylinder of the bona fide product; or bottom end fitted with an 'o' ring adaptor (female threads) and a plug (male).

INDICATOR: Spray testing of the aerosol does not produce any liquid, yet the can feels heavy as if full. When a cylinder is inserted into the aerosol can, a quantity of CO 2 gas is included to allow for about 2 to 3 sprays only. In the 'o' ring and plug method the bottom fits very tightly into the can and often requires a wrench to remove it. Reverse (clockwise) threads re often used as normal removal of screwed on items involves a counterclockwise direction.

c. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Tin cans sealed professionally with a commercially available canning machine.

INDICATORS: Clues to the concealment depends on the purported commodity shown on the label. If a liquid commodity is on the label, shaking the can is a good test. Liquids are normally heavier than drugs, so a lighter than normal can might contain drugs. Evidence of recent application of the label such as fresh glue or uneven seams can be an indicator. Sometimes the top and bottom plates of the cans are inadvertently installed from different types or colors of metal by the smugglers.

9. CONTAINERS

CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: "CO-3 GLOBAL Container" with factory built double floor, primarily used to ship air cargo.

INDICATORS: No obvious indicators. However, when the container is raised on

a forklift the double floor becomes apparent. Removal of the sheet metal inner floor covering reveals a four inch thick layer of styrofoam between the two floors. With the styrofoam removed a substantial, concealment area becomes available to internal cargo conspirators.

10. FILM

CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Highly sophisticated concealment of cocaine within Polaroid film cartridges.

INDICATORS: Comparison of a bona fide twin pack and the cocaine filled packs produces the following:

(1) no difference in the cardboard product box

(2) purple printing on bogus film pack is darker (3) bogus film pack is wrapped in clear plastic, while the bona fide one had aluminum foil

(4) serrated edges of the plastic wrapping on the bogus film pack is produced by household pinking shears, whereas the bona fide pack's serrated edges are wider and larger.

11. Fish/Shrimp

a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Live tropical fish in triple plastic aquatic environments used to mask the presence of submersed packages of liquid cocaine.

INDICATORS: The air waybill had no address or telephone number for the consignee. A strong odor of acetone was noted.

b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Frozen shrimp from Ecuador used to encase rectangular blocks of compressed cocaine.

INDICATORS: Shipping instructions found on documents accompanying the frozen fish aroused a Customs inspector's suspicion. These instructions required that the shrimp be delivered to an unusual consignee who turned out to be non-existent.

c. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Gutting of whole fish and insertion of drugs in the mid-section followed by repackaging to make them appear normal.

INDICATORS: A Customs inspector's suspicion was aroused because fresh fish are normally iced down in cooler and not placed in carry-on luggage.

12. FURNITURE/LUMBER/WOODEN PRODUCTS

a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Heroin from Thailand in the routed out sides of wooden dividers.

INDICATORS: Dividers were shipped from a source country; they were sent by an individual in Bangkok to himself in the U.S. care of a third party; freight charges were prepaid in cash; drilling the sides of the dividers revealed heroin.

b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Commercial shipment of wooden lamps and gaming tables professionally constructed at a factory in Lebanon to conceal hashish and hashish oil.

INDICATORS: No exterior evidence of modification could detected.

c. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Commercial shipment of lumber "planks" of mahogany wood from Honduras to be used in making picnic tables.

INDICATORS: Routine canine inspection of stacks of lumber after off-loading. After canine indication, boards were x-rayed showing routed out cavities inside of the board with each board holding approximately three (3) kilograms of cocaine.

d. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: False bottom of wooden shipping crates.

INDICATORS: No obvious indicators.

e. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Hollowed out sides of wooden boxes used to conceal cocaine.

INDICATORS: Abnormally thick side panels of the boxes alerted a Customs inspector. Use of a hand operated drill produced a sample of cocaine.

f. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Plywood sheets specially laminated to create internal compartments, and a stack of plywood sheets strapped together to conceal a large internal void area.

INDICATORS: Unusual thickness of the plywood sheets were noted by Customs inspectors.

g. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Commercial shipment of 2" x 10" x 10' wood planks with routed slots capable of holding two kilograms of cocaine per plank.

INDICATORS: Prior information. The task of selecting the specific planks containing drugs in a semi-trailer, train or vessel shipment is so difficult that it is recommended that a dog be utilized if sufficient suspicion of the shipment exists.

The list of information containing Concealment Methods and their indicators could go on and on.

The purpose of this information to handlers deploying narcotic detector dogs is to instill that smugglers will utilize ANY method that they possibly can to bring illegal contraband into the country or through your municipality. Keep in mind that any means is possible and if your canine is saying it is there, think that it might be there.

There's a terrorist behind every Bush.

Trenchcoat
(Hive Bee)
10-05-04 06:17
No 534500
User Picture       Drive a jeep cross country with the shit ...

Drive a jeep cross country with the shit inside your spare tire. The aforementioned shit being wrapped tweaker-style. I have no idea how much volume 100lbs of your honey would take up, that was my best idea tho.

Better loving through chemistry.

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		RedCabbage (Stranger) 10-04-04 20:42 No 534420				Logistics 101
						I am writing a fiction novel, and the antagonist has say 75-100 pounds of a substance with a slight amine odor that he wants to transport from coast to coast (USA). I am curious to know if anyone has any thoughts about how a really loathsome individual like my antagonist would do it? Drive it himself (or with others)? Charter a plane? Vacuum seal and activated-carbon wrap and send UPS or other commercial carrier? Split it up into smaller portions and ship to lessen the likelihood of losing it all? Dissolve it in something, ship the liquid, and recrystallize at the point of final destination? I was kinda leaning towards the chartered plane but didn't know if using a commercial charter service would be wiser and more believable than an independent pilot with his own craft. I am sure there are laws regarding the interstate transportation of contraband, but have no idea how strongly these laws are adhered to or enforced by airlines and indy pilots. Likewise, do small executive-type airports have any responsibilities in preventing this kind of outrageously egregious thing from happening? The plot thickens... The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.



		Jade (soccer mom) 10-04-04 21:17 No 534424				Some advice given to cops
						WAY'S SMUGGLERS HAVE ENTER CONTRABAND INTO THE COUNTRY: 1. Asphalt Tanker Trucks CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Hot liquid asphalt tankers are loaded with marijuana in front and/or rear compartments with a bona fide middle asphalt compartment dividing the two bogus compartments. INDICATORS: To date the best method is the "hot/cold wall hands on test." This is accomplished by feeling the sides of the tanker from front to back to detect any section which is not hot. If a cold section is found, a false compartment is probable because the entire outside metal skin should be hot if the tanker is bona fide. 2. BASKETS CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Hand woven palm fiber (raffia) baskets with marijuana inside each tube-like strand. INDICATORS: Probing with a knife resulting in a sample of marijuana and excessive weight are indicators. Commercially available baskets already filled with marijuana have been reported from Jamaica. 3. BATTERIES a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Display model twelve volt boat/auto battery cases capable of concealing drugs within the empty interior cells. INDICATORS: One indicator is that a display model battery case filled with drugs is probably lighter than a normal 12 volt battery. Another is to test the battery by placing a metal bar across the positive and negative terminals. In addition a screw driver can be used to pry open the top plate's battery cell covers. b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: "D" cell flashlight battery equipped with a small "AA" battery inside and then filled with heroin. INDICATORS: No external indicator could be detected in this case. 4. BOATS a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Buoyancy compartments of small sail boat filled with marijuana and the original fiberglass covering replaced professionally. INDICATORS: Tapping the side buoyancy compartments produced a dull thud rather than the expected hollow sound. Drilling a small hole from the inside floor area produced a sample of marijuana. b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Watertight metal contraband box attached to the outside hull below the waterline. Box is detachable and retrievable by means of wire cables and snapon clips. INDICATORS: No specific indicators for this concealment will be notices. 5. BODY CARRY/CLOTHING/SHOES a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUES: Tailored to fit vest, underwear and leg/ankle bandages with custom shaped drugs/money/other contraband inside the devices. INDICATORS: Loose fitting clothing: as much as a size or two larger than a proper fit. Use of wraps or other clothing that is not consistent with the prevailing climate. A stiff posture and gait. One technique used by officers to reveal the use of this technique is to observe the subject bend over. If bending is difficult, suspicion should be aroused. b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUES: Waistband of trousers filled with heroin. INDICATORS: Bulges in trousers waistband lining are indications of a concealment. A search of the inner stitching of the trousers can disclose this concealment. c. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUES: False soles and heels of shoes worn by the subject or carried in luggage. INDICATORS: Odor of glue is often present from the recent separation and re-gluing of the outer or inner sole and heel. Shoes are often new and show very little wear, whereas the other clothing articles worn by the subject may be well worn. Drilling from the bottom exterior side is a proven method to disclose the presence of drugs. 6. BOOKS/MAGAZINES a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Hardback covers of children's story books used to conceal cocaine. INDICATORS: Mail inspectors at a Customs international mail facility became suspicious by an odor of glue on the covers which was not consistent with the used condition of the books. Highly compressed cocaine had been placed between the thick cardboard layers of the bookcovers. b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Rolled magazine mail parcel used to conceal an inner core package of heroin. INDICATORS: Previous mail seizures of magazines from Pakistan. Though mailed from Pakistan, the package had a Japanese return address and even had cancelled Japanese stamps on it which further aroused the inspector's suspicion. 7. BOTTLES CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Heroin concealed within professionally sealed Liquor bottles further contained within cardboard cartons. INDICATORS: The bottles displayed no sloshing sounds when shaken. 8. CANS a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUES: Beer and soft drink cans with professionally sealed lids or screw tops or bottoms. INDICATORS: The cans have a sloshing sound, and tapping the upper portion produces a resonant sound, but tapping the bottom portion results in a dull muted sound. Also, the cans with cocaine are heavier then those filled with beer. b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUES: Aerosol spray cans modified in three ways; totally filled with drugs and permanently sealed; fitted with a cylinder of the bona fide product; or bottom end fitted with an 'o' ring adaptor (female threads) and a plug (male). INDICATOR: Spray testing of the aerosol does not produce any liquid, yet the can feels heavy as if full. When a cylinder is inserted into the aerosol can, a quantity of CO 2 gas is included to allow for about 2 to 3 sprays only. In the 'o' ring and plug method the bottom fits very tightly into the can and often requires a wrench to remove it. Reverse (clockwise) threads re often used as normal removal of screwed on items involves a counterclockwise direction. c. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Tin cans sealed professionally with a commercially available canning machine. INDICATORS: Clues to the concealment depends on the purported commodity shown on the label. If a liquid commodity is on the label, shaking the can is a good test. Liquids are normally heavier than drugs, so a lighter than normal can might contain drugs. Evidence of recent application of the label such as fresh glue or uneven seams can be an indicator. Sometimes the top and bottom plates of the cans are inadvertently installed from different types or colors of metal by the smugglers. 9. CONTAINERS CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: "CO-3 GLOBAL Container" with factory built double floor, primarily used to ship air cargo. INDICATORS: No obvious indicators. However, when the container is raised on a forklift the double floor becomes apparent. Removal of the sheet metal inner floor covering reveals a four inch thick layer of styrofoam between the two floors. With the styrofoam removed a substantial, concealment area becomes available to internal cargo conspirators. 10. FILM CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Highly sophisticated concealment of cocaine within Polaroid film cartridges. INDICATORS: Comparison of a bona fide twin pack and the cocaine filled packs produces the following: (1) no difference in the cardboard product box (2) purple printing on bogus film pack is darker (3) bogus film pack is wrapped in clear plastic, while the bona fide one had aluminum foil (4) serrated edges of the plastic wrapping on the bogus film pack is produced by household pinking shears, whereas the bona fide pack's serrated edges are wider and larger. 11. Fish/Shrimp a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Live tropical fish in triple plastic aquatic environments used to mask the presence of submersed packages of liquid cocaine. INDICATORS: The air waybill had no address or telephone number for the consignee. A strong odor of acetone was noted. b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Frozen shrimp from Ecuador used to encase rectangular blocks of compressed cocaine. INDICATORS: Shipping instructions found on documents accompanying the frozen fish aroused a Customs inspector's suspicion. These instructions required that the shrimp be delivered to an unusual consignee who turned out to be non-existent. c. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Gutting of whole fish and insertion of drugs in the mid-section followed by repackaging to make them appear normal. INDICATORS: A Customs inspector's suspicion was aroused because fresh fish are normally iced down in cooler and not placed in carry-on luggage. 12. FURNITURE/LUMBER/WOODEN PRODUCTS a. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Heroin from Thailand in the routed out sides of wooden dividers. INDICATORS: Dividers were shipped from a source country; they were sent by an individual in Bangkok to himself in the U.S. care of a third party; freight charges were prepaid in cash; drilling the sides of the dividers revealed heroin. b. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Commercial shipment of wooden lamps and gaming tables professionally constructed at a factory in Lebanon to conceal hashish and hashish oil. INDICATORS: No exterior evidence of modification could detected. c. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Commercial shipment of lumber "planks" of mahogany wood from Honduras to be used in making picnic tables. INDICATORS: Routine canine inspection of stacks of lumber after off-loading. After canine indication, boards were x-rayed showing routed out cavities inside of the board with each board holding approximately three (3) kilograms of cocaine. d. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: False bottom of wooden shipping crates. INDICATORS: No obvious indicators. e. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Hollowed out sides of wooden boxes used to conceal cocaine. INDICATORS: Abnormally thick side panels of the boxes alerted a Customs inspector. Use of a hand operated drill produced a sample of cocaine. f. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Plywood sheets specially laminated to create internal compartments, and a stack of plywood sheets strapped together to conceal a large internal void area. INDICATORS: Unusual thickness of the plywood sheets were noted by Customs inspectors. g. CONCEALMENT TECHNIQUE: Commercial shipment of 2" x 10" x 10' wood planks with routed slots capable of holding two kilograms of cocaine per plank. INDICATORS: Prior information. The task of selecting the specific planks containing drugs in a semi-trailer, train or vessel shipment is so difficult that it is recommended that a dog be utilized if sufficient suspicion of the shipment exists. The list of information containing Concealment Methods and their indicators could go on and on. The purpose of this information to handlers deploying narcotic detector dogs is to instill that smugglers will utilize ANY method that they possibly can to bring illegal contraband into the country or through your municipality. Keep in mind that any means is possible and if your canine is saying it is there, think that it might be there. There's a terrorist behind every Bush.



		Trenchcoat (Hive Bee) 10-05-04 06:17 No 534500				Drive a jeep cross country with the shit ...
						Drive a jeep cross country with the shit inside your spare tire. The aforementioned shit being wrapped tweaker-style. I have no idea how much volume 100lbs of your honey would take up, that was my best idea tho. Better loving through chemistry.

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