Scuba Diver Caught Smuggling Drugs Across U.S.-Canada Border

[Locutus]

MARINE CITY (WWJ) - Authorities say a 24-year-old Canadian man was busted trying to smuggle illegal drugs into the United States by crossing the St. Clair River in a scuba suit.

Jesse James Thomas Zunti, a Windsor resident, was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents around 1 a.m. Monday as he emerged from the river near Marine City.



U.S. Border Patrol agents found more than 8 pounds of marijuana in this PVC pipe, smuggled across the St. Clair River by a Canadian scuba diver. (Credit: U.S. Border Patrol)

Border Patrol agents were alerted to the situation by a concerned citizen who saw someone swimming across the St. Clair River and called police.

more

Scuba Diver Caught Smuggling Drugs Across U.S.-Canada Border « CBS Detroit

Sucks to be this Trailer Park Boy wannabe.

 

[WLDB]

Ha. Creative idea.

 

[SLM]

Not creative enough.

He got caught. I'd call that a fail in the game of life.

 

[WLDB]

Not creative enough.

He got caught. I'd call that a fail in the game of life.

It is. Should have used a submarine. I think a few big cartels have actually tried that.

 

[SLM]

It is. Should have used a submarine. I think a few big cartels have actually tried that.

Yeah, it's the kind of thing one expects to hear about on the Rio Grande, not the St. Clair, lol. Frigging cold in those waters, no matter what time of year.