Man Tries To Pick Up Dope, Gets Human Organs Instead

[matcom]

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A pair of drug suspects mistakenly claimed two packages of human organs instead of the 140 pounds of marijuana that had brought them to the airport, federal authorities said Tuesday.

Tabatha Bracken, 27, of Canada, and Dalvan Robinson, 43, of Lockport, N.Y., were arrested about midnight after attempting to exchange the medical packages for the ones containing the drugs, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Agents were alerted to the mix-up about 5:30 p.m. Monday when airport police notified the DEA of a marijuana seizure at Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

Investigators determined that a woman showing a fake identification tag at the Delta Airlines ticket counter had mistakenly been given two packages shipped from an Atlanta medical agency. One contained a pulmonary valve destined for an emergency transplant into a young person in Ontario. The other package contained a vein which was intended for a coronary bypass graft surgery at a Buffalo hospital, the DEA said.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2004/02/24/suspects_claim_organs_instead_of_pot/

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Don't knock it...

...a kidney buzz is truly chronic!

Second only to spleen brownies...

[Mobius]

2. did the doctors get the dope?

:shrug: