Grandma is Smuggling Drugs? (338)

When I think of people trading or selling drugs I think of men. 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? Maybe high school teens, college students… but most 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. Im not sure how I would handle the situation but im pretty sure that id bring it to the police no matter if they told me theyd hurt my family if I did or not. It be the smartest decision because they could hurt my family no matter what and id get caught smuggling anyway. I cant lie or look non-suspicious.