Of all the places to smuggle drugs

If you've ever been to Grosvenor Square, you'll be familiar with the US embassy: it's that building behind all of the cement blocks, with the barbed wire and the fencing and the gentlemen with guns.

Not really an ideal place to bring your Colombian marching powder, right?

Well, not everyone thinks so...

We are just totally amused (perhaps maybe more than we should be) by the news that the wife of the heir to the Tetra Pak fortune (yes, those wax-coated packets you get juice in and whatnot) got caught trying to bring cocaine in a party at the US embassy.

This has got to be one of the most stupid criminal acts of all time. Sure, get coked up before you pop in to the soiree if you like, but did she really think that she would be able to get drugs into a place that is arguably more heavily fortressed than Buckingham Palace?

Let this be an object lesson to us all: just because you are linked to the family who has brought millions joy through keeping their orange juice (from concentrate) fresh for breakfast and giving them the opportunity to enjoy boxed wine doesn't mean that the law doesn't apply to you.

Thanks to richardwinchell's Flickr stream for supplying this excellent illustrative photo.

Written by Jean on 10 Apr 2008 2:26 PM. Permalink