I hope shenanigans like this don’t lead to increased gnome security at airports. I enjoy the freedom of air travel and don’t like getting my tunic wrinkled.
Linda Martin, 54, of South Africa, was caught at Auckland International Airport with more than 3kg of the class A drug, which had been stashed in ornamental gnomes packed in her suitcase.
Martin claimed she knew nothing of the cocaine, but was duped by a Nigerian drug ring, which made threats against her family, into believing she was doing a dummy run.