A crew of drug smugglers was busted Wednesday for attempting to use penis-shaped candles to bring crystal meth into the city, sources said.
The group of five suspects was arrested after being caught storing 1,300 pounds of candles stuffed with the drugs in a Paterson, NJ warehouse, according to sources.
While some candles were phallic-shaped, others had religious themes.
The drug bust arose from a joint operation by the Drug Enforcement Agency, Homeland Security, and the NYPD.
“DEA has seen drugs smuggled in numerous ways: concealed in puppies, lollipops, furniture, and produce,” said DEA Special Agent-in- Charge James J. Hunt.
“But secreting a million dollars’ worth of methamphetamine in wax candles of various shapes is shocking.”
An undercover officer discovered that one of the suspects was seeking a warehouse to store a large quantity of meth, a source said.
The undercover recommended a Paterson warehouse to the suspect earlier this month. The candles showed up sometime later.
After witnessing the candles in various shapes, authorities executed the arrest.
The 1,300 pounds of wax candles were meant to melted down, which would result in a total 60 kilos of crystal meth, sources said.
Source: NYPost
