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A Utah woman was shocked when she discovered cocaine inside of tampons she purchased and police are investigating whether the discovery could be connected to a larger smuggling scheme.
Cindy Davidson, 39, went to an NPS Store in Salt Lake City in search of a bargain. The store is described as "a salvage and freight recovery company" on its website.
On Saturday, while shopping at the NPS Store with her sister, she spotted the box of 16-count Boots tampons for $1.99.
"On Sunday, I went to use one and inside the plastic applicator was cellophane with the cocaine wrapped in it," Davidson said. "I didn't know it was cocaine. It was just white powder to me."
...................http://abcnews.go.com/US/utah-woman-discovers-cocaine-tampons/story?id=16278053#.T6Qr0OiXQ1I
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)Boots is a chain pharmacy, like CVS or Walgreens. They produce their own house brands of things like shampoos, cosmetics and hand lotions. To be honest, when I read the article I just sort of assumed that the tampons were their house brand. I think that Target imports some of their cosmetics into the US.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)connection.
yellowcanine
(35,704 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)mainer
(12,037 posts)They might turn around and arrest you for possession of drugs.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)You know I never once in 27 years of marriage considered asking my wife to try a cheaper brand. Something tells me that would not really be an ideal area to economize.
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)Then I sniffed it to see if I could figure out what it smelled like, that's when I got this tingly feeling and a sudden rush. I opened a couple more after the first one was all gone...we went back to buy a couple more boxes and that's when the cops came up to me.....
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)obamanut2012
(26,181 posts)nostrils.