Albert "panther" Vanderburg, International Narcotics Trafficker Confesses to Crime

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> Which is one reason I have spent 99% of my India time
> in U.P.
> Actually, hashish is not legal there so far as I
> know, only the very weak leaf sold in government
> shops {altho not in Delhi]. In Mussoorie, what you
> can pick yourself from the wild is better than the
> government-authorized variety.
>
> When I returned to the UK after my first visit to
> India, had only one shopping bag with me. If that
> bag had been full of Afghani hashish, my life would
> have been much different since I would've been a rich
> man.
>
> Said UK customs "is that all you have?"
>
> "Yes," said I, "that's all that's left."
>
> [They laughed and didn't look.]
>
> One of the more strange episodes, however, was
> carrying some most excellent Afghani hashish from
> London to Delhi.
>
> No way I was gonna leave it behind, and I didn't want
> to immediately get into the problem of figuring out
> which boy in Connaught Place was reliable and I knew
> the customs folks in Delhi wouldn't even consider the
> idea.
>
> Lordy, could use some of that stuff right now, even
> if it would make the mosquito bites itch even more.
> [voice of experience]
>
> Almost matching it was carrying a lot of acid back to
> London from Amsterdam. Opened one of those felt-tip
> pens and cut off most of the interior and replaced it
> with windowpane wrapped in plastic. Felt quite
> amused as I signed the customs forms with what was
> left of the pen.
>
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