A woman in Argentina has been arrested after attempting to smuggle four kilos of weed in a fake baby bump.
Officers discovered the lady’s ‘bump’ was actually four kilos of cannabis, packed in bricks and held together with a starch-based paste.
They searched the woman after finding two bricks of marijuana in a bag belonging to her male companion, and both were arrested at a police checkpoint in Valle de Uco, close to Argentina’s border with Chile.
Argentina’s Minister for Security Patricia Bullrich tweeted: “She made a belly out of paste, hid 15 cannabis bricks inside it and faked a pregnancy before trying to take it from Mendoza to Santa Cruz. At a police control, the pretend mum-to-be and her accomplice were arrested. This is how she tried to smuggle the drugs.”
A police spokesperson confirmed the arrest, saying: “Officers discovered a passenger was carrying two cannabis bricks in a black bag. A young woman was beside him who appeared to be pregnant.
“She was asked to leave the vehicle and it was confirmed she was also carrying drugs and no baby inside of her.”
According to a report on the NYPost, “In total, her special delivery weighed about 4 kilos, and she was charged with drug smuggling. Authorities believe she and the man were headed to Santa Oliva in Patagonia,” according to the outlet.
