CNN reports that Esteban Galtes, 23, of Miami, Florida, was being held without bail being set. Galtes was allegedly caught trying to reenter the US from a week long trip to Columbia into Los Angeles International Airport with cocaine hidden in Easter egg candy. Galtes told the officers that the eggs were for his two children.

What Galtes failed to realize that he was using the wrong holiday wrapping for his smuggling activities. Bad move as he is now charged with importation of a controlled substance, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, authorities said.

Galtes’ luggage was allegedly found to conceal more than 14 pounds of cocaine during a search by customs officers, officials said. The cocaine has a street value of more than $100,000, authorities also said. Much of the cocaine was camouflaged as pastel-colored Easter egg candies, and the remainder of the cocaine was hidden under a cardboard false bottom of a paper shopping bag, authorities said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers sensed something was a little off with candy for the wrong holiday, a spokeswoman said.

“But cocaine camouflaged as Easter candy is one of the more unusual tactics we’ve come across. Obviously two days before Christmas, this defendant didn’t expect his trip would end with federal officers conducting an Easter egg hunt,” said Claude Arnold, special agent in charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in Los Angeles.

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This story enters the Dumb Cocaine Stories category for numerous obvious reasons. One that really rings out, is the children involved, now their dad is incarcerated for no telling how long … messing their life up too. Hopefully they picked up their smart genes from someone other than dad.

When someone gets on cocaine or and other drug for that mater, there is always lots of more repercussions than imagined.

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