Kenyan Woman Unsettling Encounter as a Suspected Drug Mule on a US Flight
The quality of in-flight meals leaves much to be desired, and there are instances where passengers may feel compelled to decline them.
It is within their rights to do so. However, it is important to note that refusing meals can potentially raise concerns among flight attendants, who may then suspect the passenger of being involved in drug smuggling. This very situation occurred to a Kenyan traveller named Savane during her journey to the United States. Savane shared her experience, highlighting the consequences of refusing meals on board.
Flight attendants are trained to closely observe passenger behaviour as a primary means of identifying potential drug mules. They continually inquire to validate their suspicions, as consuming food or drinks could cause movement within the digestive system that could lead to the drugs being disposed of in the aircraft's restroom. For Savane, this scenario unfolded during a long-haul flight with Air France. In general, she is not fond of airline cuisine and therefore rarely eats during her travels.
On this particular trip, her lack of appetite was because she was returning from a close friend's funeral. The profound grief she experienced had completely diminished her desire to eat. Despite the flight attendants constantly checking if she wanted to eat, she declined each time. The immigration officer at JFK Airport asked numerous unsettling questions. Upon entering Customs she was met by three officers. They thoroughly searched and x-rayed her bags. Subsequently, she was taken into a separate room for further interrogation.
After being patted down, they expressed a desire to conduct an internal body check. It was at this point that she inquired about the reason, only to be informed that her behaviour during the flight matched that of a drug smuggler. She put out a tearful outburst regarding her short trip (to attend a funeral). Ultimately, they did not proceed with an internal body search.
Comments (17)
Eat as much as possible. Wear mule t shirt for love of animal. It pays to explain why you have no appetite. Never seen a woman refuse food
There was nothing wrong there, just doing their jobs to the letter! If you watch “To Catch a Smuggler”, you will find how a difficult but rewarding job it is done by those heroes!!!
Now the secret is out.Mules will find away to circumvent this huddle.I can see two mules traveling.Mule' A 'purely for consuming the meals...I guess this may have worked at one point. I cannt see mules being that dumb anymore...
Anyway this was so unfortunate.It's humiliating,but you cannot blame the airline. Reminds me,at the height of drug trafficking in the 90s a Naija was nabbed at Orlando International Airport with a vial of heroin with traces of feces . Apparently he had used the airplane toilet and decided not to re-swallow the contaminated 'capsule'.The Feds were tracking him anyway so probably re -swallowing would not have worked.For is troubles, he will spend 40 years on federal dough...If he survives, he comes out at 78.Some of you may recall this case.The accomplice was a Naija who used to play in NFL.Luckly for him,the footballer dodged the bullet, but that was the end of his NFL career.
What!Sue the Airline for profiling her.
What an idiot you are?
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You get profiled every time you are flying internationally, nothing new there! So the next time you swallow those damn drugs, you are on notice that they are waiting for you on the other side, bwana mule!!!
Another thing that can cause problem for a passenger is saying "Allalu akbar" or even two passengers having a conversation in Arabic.
That’s exactly what them terrorists say before causing death and destruction, isn’t it???
Jambo la kutisha la kusafiri ukiwa mzaliwa wa Kenya nchi za kigeni, ni kuwa unahusiwa kama mfanyi biashara au mtumiaji wa madawa ya kulevya (narcotics).
4th Amendment Constitutional Right.
Flight attendants suspicions don't superseed your 4th Amendment Constitutional Protections. They made her Insecure in her own PERSON, performed unreasonanle Searches....and this Ladies and Gents is the very precise caprice the Framers of the 4th Amendment in ths Constitution of United States prohibited against.
Civil Rights Legal Actions should be filed. Educate yourself
Private business can circumvent these easily. Try going up against their battalion of lawyers and maybe your great great grand kids will be able to see the compensation.
Public Accomodation Civil Rights Protections.... protections afforded to the members of the public utilizing services being solicited by private entities. Educate yourself, pal!!!
At entry points, you don’t have those rights until you are allowed in! They can search your phone, property, your ass, your pussy, and every tunnel in your body!
4th Amendment Protections, my friend.
The airlines must have Probable Cause of a crime being or Reasonable Suspicion a crime was, is and will be committed to satisfy a Reasonable Search and Seizures at the airports. If you CONSENT to a search they gonna search the hell out of you. Security has to Articulate why refusing to eat rises to the levels of a Reasonable Search. Just because refusing to eat during a flight happen to be synonymous with traits of a mule doesn't satisfy grounds for a search. Don't forget there's also Good Faith Exception Doctrine to your disadvantage as a traveller.
Ma fren, I respectfully disagree! Most people are mistaken and some try to bring drama to US CBP, even when they are completely innocent, they will get detained up until the CBP has thoroughly determined that they are not committing crimes or bringing anything into the country! They have a lot of power! I urge you to watch “To catch a smuggler@ on Discovery! You will learn a lot!
If you cooperate, you’ll will be on your way within no time! Otherwise, you will be a “suspected criminal, until proven otherwise!
You are a drug courier suspect the moment you decline the airline’s meal in an international flight.Kenya’s security chiefs and violence victims smell DEATH & DESTRUCTION immediately an Wuoyi barks HAKI YETU.