Too-large bulge in crotch leads to airport arrest



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A man who was trying to smuggle drugs into Spain was busted when Madrid Airport officers noticed an exceptionally large bulge in his crotch.

A search of the hand luggage of the 43-year-old passenger, who had flown in from Costa Rica, turned up nothing, but the unusually large object protruding from his pants caught their attention, according to a story Tuesday in the Daily Mail.

Under two pairs of shorts, the officials found a plastic container attached to the man's genitals. It was filled with more than a pound of cocaine.

Spanish police, tongues firmly implanted in cheeks, tweeted a picture of the trafficker alongside the message: "A suspicious package between his legs."

A smuggling conviction could earn the man, who was detained, up to three years in prison. Authorities did not release his name.

Nor did they comment on whether the drug-trafficking truss allowed the man to go to the bathroom, which presumably would be a necessity on a Costa Rica-to-Madrid flight.