o sung wu,
I just read your post about the Corby's and concur.

A couple of things I recall.

I wondered why a person would take a boogie board to Bali? I would think there would be a number of businesses renting such items out to tourists at very cheap rates.

The story about people smuggling dope from Brisbane to Sydney doesn't gel with me. A dope dealer would not risk that when he could drive it to Sydney himself or call a carrier and get boxes of undisclosed items delivered overnight. We do not have customs check points at our state borders. So the idea that a smuggler in Sydney made an error and the bag went on an international flight doesn't add up.

Of course a person would notice a bag being 4kls heavier.

I suspect that Corby had been through the customs in Indonesia many times without much checking, but this time it was more thorough. She may well be taking the blame for someone else if it was not her dope.

Hi there CHRISGAFF1000 & BANJO...

You're not wrong Chris ? The theory being; the higher-up the greasy slope you were, the less detritus that came your way, and with that, a higher salary package ? Who was it that said, '...there's no immorality within the NSWPOL...' ? Was it Wally Mellish's old mate, N.T.W.A. ?

G'day there BANJO...

You're doubtlessly correct. She'd probably made the trip to Bali too frequently, as a consequence the Indonesian authorities decided to turn her over, and bingo ! You may also be right too, when you suggest she was 'running hot' for someone else ? Still and all, you'd have to be a complete 'nuf nuf' to attempt to conceal in excess of 4kg into this boogie board bag of hers ?

Upon CORBEY'S Check-In at the Airport, don't the Airline staff usually weigh such a cumbersome piece of luggage, such as a boogie board bag, in order to determine if the aggregate weight of ALL her luggage is deemed 'excessive', therefore needed to be paid for ? If so, surely then, they would've detected the additional weight of the assemblage of board, bag, and the contraband, contained therein ?

I dunno BANJO, I guess we'll all have to wait until Ch 7 is permitted to release the whole sordid story ?

It did not take long Aussies have a dry sense of humor.
Latest e mail asked what compares with a certain young lady best.
A victor lawn mover grass catch is the answer they both carry about 4 kg of grass.

Banjo,
I drive a Mercedes and I can assure you it has a lot more integrity than the Corby brand.
Any fool can see that the sister is the guilty one. The whole family has a history of drug involvement.
o sung wu
Customs are the smartest people on earth. They have seen it all and they know when something is not kosher.
I had a mate 70 years old and kept in the Customs service because he has a nose for contraband.
He told his crew to gut a $250,000 Winnebago on a hunch.
Bingo they found thirty kilos of heroin in the walls.
The Winnebago was sold for scrap and they got $2000 the "Grannies", as the press called them, got eight years and deportation and my mate got a permanent seat in his observation post for as long as he wanted it.
In fact he died in the job from alcohol poisoning.
You cannot fool customs, sooner or later they will get you.

Good evening CHRISGAFF1000...

Of course, the 'grannies' ! That was way back in the late seventies If I recall correctly ? Somehow, I had it in my mind they were trafficking in ultra pure Cannabis Sativa Resin ? The AFP had a fair hand in it, together with Customs and obviously your mate, who actually detected the seizure in the first instance ? Ten out of ten, for Customs eh ! As you say, if you have the Customs boys on your tail, well it's 'goodnight' I reckon.

High quality Cannabis Resin is black as pitch, and has a very pungent odour about it. Should it get on your clothing, well it's goodbye clothing, as it's almost impossible to remove, with any of the conventional washing or laundry processes ?

I've had occasion to handle, only smaller quantities of the stuff, and it's quite a valuable commodity on the hierarchy of narcotics scale ? Both in terms of costs, demand and desirability. Speaking of the Corby girl, I reckon this highly refined psychotropic substance, is a little bit out of her league when it comes to costs and availability ? Still, you never can tell eh ?

o sung wu
No doubt you are correct in what the contraband was. My experience was only interaction with third parties who lauded the old mans prowess and envied his position.