When Samantha Orobator was arrested carrying 1.5 pounds of heroin in a Laotian airport, she was immediately thrown into that country’s worst prison. There, she became mysteriously pregnant. And though she was spared the death penalty, she was handed a life sentence. Yesterday brought news of another kick in the nuts: a $72,000 fine for [...]
I don’t usually feel sympathy for drug smugglers, but Samantha Orobator’s case is awful. In August, 2008, the 20-year-old south Londoner was caught at the Vientiane airport with 1 1/2 pounds of heroin. Six months later, without having left police custody, she was five months’ pregnant. Naturally, Lao authorities then accused Orobator of intentionally getting [...]
My new favorite show is National Geographic’s Locked Up Abroad, but only when the subject are would-be drug dealers who should’ve known better. You know, greedy idiots who get nabbed at customs with three kilos of coke stuffed down their pants. As a hedonist who refuses to cross any international border with drugs, I’ve no [...]
