Alaska man sentenced in drug smuggling plot
by The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2010 | 2917 views | 2 2 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend | print
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Federal prosecutors say a 67-year-old man who tried to smuggle methamphetamine into Alaska by strapping it to his legs has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.

William G. Pariseau of Talkeetna was convicted in a May trial of attempted possession with the intent to distribute.

According to prosecutors, Pariseau was flying to Anchorage from Tucson, Ariz., in October 2008 when authorities noticed he was walking strangely during a layover in Seattle.

Prosecutors say Pariseau also had unnatural bulges in his pant legs.

A search found the meth strapped with elastic bandages to his legs.

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AggressiveProgressive
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August 09, 2010
Another huge waste of resources in the drug war on Americans. http://www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm We've spent thirty billion dollars already this year to arrest over a million people for drug offenses. If the drug war was an elementary school, its funding would have been pulled decades ago for failure to do the job. The drug war is one of the biggest scams in Amerika, and does nothing to help anyone except the weapons and prison industries.
tbear44
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August 08, 2010
You would think at his age he would know better. Now he's gonna die in prison. Have fun in the big house methhead creep.
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