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Old 6th Jul 2007, 05:20
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billyt
 
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This mornings Australian.
This story is from The Daily Telegraph

Hostie busted hiding bags of cocaine in bra
July 06, 2007
SMUGGLING cocaine into Australia was supposed to be a breeze for "big breasted" flight attendant Suellen Cryer.
Stuffing two bags of the drug into her bra before boarding a Sydney-bound Qantas jet, Cryer believed her ample bosom would provide perfect cover.

A Sydney court heard yesterday her plan failed when she was detected upon arrival at Sydney airport in March last year.

Cryer, 54, faces trial in the District Court after pleading not guilty to a charge of importing a marketable quantity of cocaine.

The Crown alleges Cryer brought in 136g of the drug.

Giving evidence yesterday, the veteran flight attendant - who has been sacked from her $80,000-a-year job - admitted bringing the drugs into Australia but insisted she had no intention of selling them.

She maintained the cocaine was to feed her addiction, which began after a chance meeting with a man named "Bobby" in Los Angeles 15 years ago.

Cryer told the court her dream job led to a secret life of drug addiction after meeting Bobby while drinking with Qantas colleagues in an LA bar.

From that point on, she tried to work exclusively on Sydney-LA flights, which offered a 58-hour stopover and a $US300 cash allowance.

On each trip she would contact Bobby and purchase cocaine, she told the court.

In March last year, she travelled to LA with $4000, intending to buy a wedding present for her daughter - instead she bought cocaine, which she then decided to bring back to Sydney.

Cryer said Bobby suggested she smuggle the drugs in her bra.

"Because I happen to be a little bit big-breasted, he said they would fit under my breasts," she told the jury.

Cryer said she flew from Los Angeles to New Zealand, stashing the bags in an locker in business class while she worked.

At a hotel in Auckland, she unwrapped one bag to use some of the drugs. Cryer boarded a flight to Sydney the next morning as a regular passenger but was caught on arrival.

During a search of Cryer's southern Sydney home, police found more cocaine, plastic bags and a box used to store kitchen scales, the court heard.
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