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How do drug mules carry drugs?
Drugs, usually heroin or cocaine, are wrapped in cellophane packets or condoms. The packages are intracorporeally concealed by being swallowed or passed into the rectum. The majority of drug traffickers carrying intracorporeal drug packages do not require any medical intervention.
What is the importance of a mule in drug distribution and techniques of drug traffickers?
Drug mule refers to someone who is willing or being tricked to become a courier, carrying drugs or other contraband into other countries. This tactic reduces the risk of those drug dealers or smugglers to be arrested.
Is the mule a true story Leo Sharp?
The Mule is based on the true story of Leo Sharp, an 87-year-old drug mule and WWII veteran who was arrested by the DEA with five duffel bags of cocaine in 2011.
How do body pack drugs?
The drugs may be placed in condoms or in packets enclosed by several layers of polyethylene or latex and sometimes covered with an outer layer of wax. After body packers (“mules”) swallow multiple packets, they typically take antimotility drugs to decrease intestinal motility until the packets can be retrieved.
How much money do mules make?
Among the drug mules caught at the California ports of entry, we find that the mean reported compensation amount is $1,604 and the median is $1,313.
What is a body pusher?
Poisoning may also occur in a “body packer,” “body pusher,” or “body stuffer.” Body packers, also called “mules,” are people who swallow and pack their GI tracts with bags of heroin in order to smuggle the illegal drug from one country to another. Body pushers conceal the drugs in their rectum and/or vagina.
What is a body stuffer?
Body stuffer, sometimes called “mini packer”, is the definition of someone who admits to or is strongly suspected of ingesting illegal drugs in order to escape detection by authorities, and not for recreational purposes or to transport the drug across borders.
How do I report a money mule?
It’s important to report money mule activity/scams as soon as possible. Contact the Postal Inspection Service (www.uspis.gov/report; 877.876. 2455). Also report any suspected Money Mule email or social media scams to the platform provider.