Woman says she thought Ecstasy was gold Woman says she thought Ecstasy was gold
Associated Press
Nov. 13, 2002 01:00 PM
ORLANDO - Customs agents said they found 13 pounds of Ecstasy pills in the luggage of a Dutch woman who expressed surprised at the discovery - she told investigators she thought she was smuggling gold.
Patricia Maria Brujnius, 39, arrived at Orlando International Airport on Saturday on a flight from London, according to records released Tuesday in federal court. She was scheduled to appear in court next week.
Brujnius told investigators she was to be paid $5,000 for delivering the suitcase with hidden compartments, as she had done twice before, the court papers said.
The street value of the pills was at least $731,250, based on estimates of 2,250 pills per pound and a price of $25 per pill.
Ecstasy, also known as MDMA, is a hallucinogen-stimulant.
Several Europeans have been charged with attempting to smuggle large quantities of the drug into Orlando in recent years, including a Dutch woman caught in 1999 with 27 pounds of the pills hidden in her luggage.
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