March 28, 2008

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BIBLE HIDES DRUGS (Nov, 1928)

Filed under: Crime and Police — @ 10:52 pm
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Nov, 1928
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Tags: drugs, religion

BIBLE HIDES DRUGS
Mechanical ingenuity of narcotic smugglers is constantly being tested in devising new methods of bringing their contraband goods safely into the country. The picture shows a Bible which has been hollowed out in the center to provide a hiding place for thousands of dollars worth of morphine and other opiates. The book was confiscated by Internal Revenue inspectors.

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5 Comments »

1. Thats for an individual junkie, not a “smuggler” of mass amounts. You can tell by the pills (they would be crushed and mixed with water), syringe and cooker.

   I know, I was an addict for over 20 years.

   Comment by Wickedashtray — March 29, 2008 @ 12:35 pm

2. And with that seizure the War on Drugs was over.

   Comment by Stannous — March 29, 2008 @ 5:34 pm

3. A hollowed out book. Will wonders never cease.

   Comment by oldest — March 30, 2008 @ 3:15 am

4. Thousands of dollars?

   My mother was given morphine for some years before she died. That’s about $10 Canadian worth of legal morphine.

   Of course, maybe it would have been worth thousands on the street in the US in 1928.

   Comment by Blurgle — March 31, 2008 @ 4:41 pm

5. Yeah, but which messes you up more, the drugs or the bible?

   Comment by Vozpit — March 31, 2008 @ 8:01 pm

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