Jamie Hudson Mendez, 44, was jailed for six years, nine months at Christchurch District Court after being caught with 2.5kgs of highly-pure cocaine at Christchurch Airport. American drug-mule Jamie Hudson Mendez, 44, was caught with 2.5kg of highly-pure cocaine worth almost $1 million lined inside puffer jackets in her luggage at Christchurch International Airport last September. Mendez, who had already been jailed for heroin smuggling in France, came to New Zealand after "holidaying" through Africa for 12 days. New documents released to the Herald show Mendez bought five puffer jackets at a "flea market-type store" in Zimbabwe. One of the puffer jackets that had cocaine concealed in the lining.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 13, 2020 00:00 UTC