DRUG SMUGGLER TRIES TO PULL OFF "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN" SCAM

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport intercepted passenger Mario Hudson, a citizen of Jamaica, on March 27, as he was arriving from Kingston, Jamaica. Hudson was dressed in what appeared to be a pilot’s uniform. He claimed he was a “dead-heading crew member.” During the baggage inspection, they discovered that Hudson had what appeared to be two fraudulent Delta Airlines ID badges. If this is starting to sound like the Leonardo DiCaprio movie “Catch Me If You Can”, it is. Only during the examination of Hudson’s suitcase they found $85,000 worth of cocaine.
* “Dead head” is right.
* He should have hid the cocaine in the space between his ears.
* They knew he wasn’t a real pilot ’cause he checked clean for alcohol.
* He ought to get together with that lady who tried to rob that diamond store using the Pigeon Drop scam.
* In fact, there’s a reality TV series here: “Gee, It Worked In The Movies.”
* Tell this guy not to hold his breath waiting for Leonardo DiCaprio to play him in the movies.
* Actually the coolest move in “Catch Me If you Can” is when Leo – I call him Leo – prints up some fake deposit slips that he leaves on the bank counter in that little stack of slips. Then, when a customer used one of them, the money went directly to Leo’s account.
* Come to think of it, that isn’t cool at all. But it is slick and it really happened.
* So this guy was following the “Catch Me If You Can” movie. Of course, having fake pilots running around was much less serious before 9/11.