Baked beans and drugs? Men tried to smuggle $340,000 worth of cocaine in baked bean cans – By Gabriela Miranda (USA Today) / January 15, 2022
Two men attempted to smuggle $341,875 worth of cocaine in baked beans and condensed coconut milk tins. They were sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Daniel Kelly and Steven Gilhooly, both 43, sent two parcels described as “containing tinned goods,” from St. Lucia, an island in the Caribbean, to southeast London in December 2018, according to a London’s Metropolitan Police news release.
An investigation by London police and the U.K.’s National Crime Agency led to an inspection of the package and authorities realized it contained 2.742 kg of cocaine. To conceal the drugs, the men purchased a can sealing machine and lids, police said.
