In the wonderful tradition of Ryan and Redmond O'Neal comes the Makin family. Sure, you have never heard of them, but hey, there is no gossip news and I thought we would give Octo Mom a break today. So, the Makin family is your typical British family. It is a married couple with twin two year old boys and a 7 year old and 8 year old as well. So, this family of six goes on holiday to the island of Margarita which basically sounds like someplace I would love to live and has their vacation. Nothing out of the ordinary until mom and dad get arrested when trying to board the plane back to Liverpool because they are trying to smuggle 24 kilos (52 pounds) of cocaine.
OK, first of all the fact they did this while traveling with their kids is enough for me to convict them forever. The kids are now being taken care of by Venezuelan social services people until some family members from the UK can fly out. Those kids are all going to need therapy after this. Second of all, 52 pounds of coke? Are you starting your own business? That is like an entire extra suitcase filled with coke. 52 pounds is very hard to get into any suitcase. Kids, suitcases, coke.
What the hell made them do it? Apparently the husband is not the nicest of guys. He was due in court back in the UK earlier this month for some incident where he was walking the streets of Liverpool with a machete threatening people. Good times.
52 pounds of coke has an approximate street value in the US of about $1.1M, but I have no idea if it is worth more or less than that in the UK. I wonder if this was the first time they did this and if they were going to do it again if they were successful. Were they just transporting it or were they going to sell it? I sure hope they got more than a free holiday out of the whole thing.
These questions and more will be answered on the the NEXT...
ReplyDeleteLocked Up Abroad.
Check local listings for time and channel.
52 pounds is lots. I brought about 30 pounds of Kona back from Maui and had to get an extra suitcase at the Goodwill. No kids were involved and no animals have been harmed. Street value is unknown but friends have quit going to Starbucks.
ReplyDeleteHOLY SHIT THREE (3!) SUITCASES OF COKE! Are they insane?!
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ReplyDeletedon't people just usually take home a vial of sand?
ReplyDeletechrist that's greedy.
The fact that they were heading to Liverpool is the real kicker. HA
ReplyDeletewell, i hope their margarita vacation was good for the kids at least. it's ven.'s premiere island resort and really is lovely.
ReplyDeleteas for the coke smuggling...nah. i bet huguito chavez, et al minions, want in on the action and the only reason this guy got busted is b/c he didn't follow proper underground smuggling protocol. they're out to make an "example" out of him in an effort to lessen the narco-trafficking/harboring stigma hugo has. i'm totally not justifying the brit's actions...that's despicable regardless of where or who you are. but believe me, there's more to it than is being reported.
Is it me or has 2009 been a crazy year thus far?
ReplyDeleteJohn Travolta and Kelly Preston's son, Octomom, Alfie and baby, this cocaine story, Rihanna/Chris brown..okay you know the rest. It's only mid-February.
Pookie-
ReplyDeleteYour knowledge on this is rather discerning.
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OK, first of all the fact they did this while traveling with their kids is enough for me to convict them forever.
ReplyDeleteenty, you need to be a judge.
more dumbfucks who shouldn't have ever had kids.
Your knowledge on this is rather discerning.
yea, and _-_ is making me wonder, too! LMAO at your post, _-_.
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ReplyDeleteoh Ror (and Molly!), honey...the stories i could tell...
ReplyDelete"...he was walking the streets of Liverpool with a machete threatening people. Good times."
ReplyDeleteGood Times! LOL
Pookie - please do! *L*
ReplyDeleteWell, if the youngest kids were twins maybe they were following in Octomom's footsteps and needed to raise more money for IVF?
ReplyDeleteSorry, I couldn't read the post because my eyes are glued to the picture of the beautiful beach that looks to be a lot warmer than 15 degrees fahrenheit. :(
ReplyDeletePookie - please include me on the stories LOL.
ReplyDeleteI went to South Africa 2 years ago and had to buy an extra large suitcase for the 12 bottles of wine I brought back. I packaged it all real well so they wouldn't break. I could tell when I got back home 4 of them had been unwrapped for inspection. Still they all survived.
ReplyDeleteHarriet & Sylvia...i promise, when i grow *big ones*, i'll blog about it. some of it's rather sad, actually. hmm...but maybe it could be cathartic...*thinking about it*...
ReplyDeletepooke, spill, honey!! get that blog going, will ya? things are slow in gossip land.
ReplyDeletePookie, Hmm why not email the gossip lol. I hate waiting LOL.
ReplyDeleteMolly & Sylvia...hmm...not bad ideas!
ReplyDelete52 lbs. of coke would cost more like $70,000
ReplyDelete"Street value $1.1 million."
ReplyDelete"What street is that? You show me how to get there just once."
Yeah, I know it's ScaryMel, but I still love that movie.