Big Idea and Cocaine

Don't you just hate losing something that belongs to someone else?

Leroy Carr, 46, called Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on August 7 to report that two backpacks he had stashed near the border containing 31 kilograms of cocaine were missing.

Department of Justice spokeswoman Emily Langlie said Carr asked the agents to put out a press release saying the drugs had been seized so that the people he worked for would not think he stole the cocaine.

About two weeks after he lost the drugs, a Boy Scout ranger found them and notified authorities. Subsequently, Mr. Carr was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute.

Thirty-one kilos is a large load of cocaine for a mule on foot, almost 70 pounds, which will likely send Mr. Carr to prison for a long time. Of course, there's always the possibility that he will help himself by rolling on the organization.