Or getting many dates for that matter. In Sweden, authorities have issued international warrants for 2 Brits wanted for alleged smuggling. The crime itself is far from unusual, but it's what they tried to smuggle that is. And it's nothing mundane like endangered snakes or even things like elephant ivory or powdered rhino horn. It's garlic. It seems the pair tried to evade Swedish taxes by having at least 1.2 tons of Chinese garlic shipped to Norway, where it entered duty free because it was classed as being in transit.
The pair then drove the stinky shipment across the border into Sweden, avoiding customs checks and therefore import duties. 13 million dollars worth of duties to be exact! This all supposedly happened in 2009 and 10, and the duo were identified after a long police probe.
The question now is: Why Chinese garlic? Is it any better than other countries? Is it grown in the first pee of newborn panda cubs? No. China actually supplies about 80% of the worlds garlic output, some 13.6 million metric tons of the stuff. In English, that's a staggering 13 BILLION pounds. Enough for one hell of a lot of pasta sauce!
No word yet on when or if the pair have been pounced in the pen, but one thing's for sure. I don't think I'd wanna share a cell with them!
'Nuff said.
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