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AGAINST THE ODDS

A man came up, passed him a plastic bag, said, 'Sorry, I have to go,' and vanished as quickly as he'd appeared.

He gives me the bag, a lot of magazines, Playboy, surf magazines and 2 kilos of coke very well packed inside a woman's leather make-up case. I take a taxi to my friend's apartment, open the shit, try it, 'Oh, good.' Call my contact, sell and then I send part of the money by Western Union to Tota. And I bring cash to Bali. Like Tota said, 'It's the best deal you get in your life; we are going to share half and half.' I was stupid - I could say, 'Oh, they pay only $30,000 [a kilo]', but I say the truth - 'They pay $40,000.' And then he say, 'Okay, $40,000 for you, $40,000 for me.' I say, 'Fuck, thank you, brother!'

With the help of his wife's friend, he sent $20,000 to Bali by bank transfer, but carried the rest on the flight.

They pay me in Swedish crowns. I go to the money changer and change it for €500 bills, so it was easy to bring.

In your pocket?

Yeah, in my pocket, a little bit in my wallet, in my shoes, a little bit in my underwear. I never put all the cash together. When I have €70,000-€80,000, I put €10,000 in one foot, €10,000 in other foot, €5000 in my front pocket, €5000 in back, €5000 in my wallet, €5000 in bag, hand luggage, I put everywhere. You know the military pants, full of pockets, I love to travel with these pants. I put it here, here.

How many times have you travelled with thousands of dollars like that?

Many, many times. I hide it very well.