I took a cigarette, lit it, offered the two cops a cigarette, they took one, I lit their cigarette, complaining all the while, taking my clothes off and handing them at the same time. I palmed the cigarettes with the coke in them and I put the cigarettes I was smoking on top of them and I opened the packet. I put my hand in my pocket and took out the cigarettes that I was smoking and the cigarettes with the coke in them. I said, 'You want me to take my clothes off in front of you men? Are you f***ing kidding me?' They sympathised but insisted. I thought 'this is so cool' so I followed them and all of a sudden one got behind me, the other got in front and I was an office with a sign on the door that said Das Policia Judicial. I thought they were showing me where the plane was. 'As I got to immigration these two guys dressed in jeans motioned for me to follow them. I took the cigarette pack out of the cellophane, took the smokes out, stuffed the coke in, stuck it back in, re-sealed the cellophane and put the pack in my pocket and went to the airport. I bought a packet of cigarettes in Bogata and used a hot pin to open the bottom of the cigarette pack so I didn't break the cellophane seal on it.

My connection gave me 50g of coke for $500. Someone gave me $500 and an airline ticket to Colombia.

'The first time I smuggled coke it was 1972 and I had just got out of prison. It might sound easy, but it's not.' Never admit defeat As long as the customs officer doesn't pick his nose after he's poked through your luggage you're away. You can stick several kilos in your suitcase and walk right through customs.

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