But, they don’t look the type!?

You’ll all have probably seen the story by now of the elderly couple that were arrested in Lisbon. They’re been sailing the Caribbean on Marco Polo and were found to have 9 kilos of cocaine in their suitcase!!

Officials boarded the ship upon it’s arrival in Lisbon and knew who they were looking for (how? How did they know? Had someone tipped them off?). They found the cocaine concealed in fake bases in 4 suitcases, evenly spread.

I have so many questions. And I’ve watched too many episodes of ‘Banged Up Abroad’ too. (They clearly never have otherwise they would have thought twice about this. Also it’s just so wrong!).  They’re in their 70’s!!

Maybe their pension is so bad that they needed the money? But surely they must have known it was illegal? Have they done it before? I wonder how many people are getting away with doing this kind of thing ?

Marco Polo

The officer who led the operation said that neither had tried to deny what they’d been doing but haven’t stated how the drugs ended up in their suitcases (all four of them…..)  They’re currently being held in different prisons, Mr in Lisbon and Mrs just outside Lisbon.

Cruise and Maritime said:

 ‘Portuguese police officials attended the Marco Polo in Lisbon last Tuesday (4 December 2018) and detained two passengers who were travelling on board the Cruise & Maritime Voyages vessel.

‘It is understood this was in connection with the suspected possession of narcotics. Cruise & Maritime Voyages is co-operating fully with the Portuguese police officials.

Lisbon Port

‘Marco Polo departed from London Tilbury 5 November and was sailing on a West Indies & Azores cruise.

‘There were 610 passengers and 294 crew on board the ship. Marco Polo continued on her cruise as scheduled and arrived at the London Cruise Terminal in Tilbury on Saturday 8 December.

‘Cruise & Maritime Voyages do not tolerate any criminal activity or anti-social behaviour on board their ships.’