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He was ready with a slick reply: ‘You’re so beautiful, I’d like to walk with you. Let’s have fun.’ They strolled around the airport like a romantic couple. It was the perfect camouflage.

When I come to take the plane again, the Chinese girl comes with me. I take the passport from her hand and give it together with my passport. And the guy says, ‘Oh, okay, going to Bali . . . nice.’ She would never ever imagine what I’m doing. Every time I do something different, because I know what I need to do for no suspicion. If I go with somebody, especially a girl who has the eyes like that, it’s fucking normal, you know an Asian travelling in Asia. When I arrive in Bali, I do the same with her.

– Andre

He breezed into Bali on his false passport, audaciously carrying in his checked-in luggage a tripod loaded with 150 grams of cocaine – 50 grams in each aluminium leg – which he’d sell for $15,000, and a couple of joints.

Were you nervous?

As nervous as if I’m bringing a phone in my pocket. For me it’s easy. I don’t think about that. I believe in myself, I believe in my job, I know really, really well how that works. I did this so many times here already. I know how to do it. I’m so confident with that.

What did it feel like to arrive back in Bali?

I’m fucking really happy, you know, happy again. But after you do it many times, it feels really normal also. I was prepared, maybe I get arrested on the way, maybe São Paulo, maybe somewhere. I was prepared for that also.

– Andre

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