# Large stash of cocaine found in cruise ship. Septuagenarians arrested. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-stash-of-cocaine-found-in-cruise-ship-septuagenarians-arrested/826382 "2018-12-19T18:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-stash-of-cocaine-found-in-cruise-ship-septuagenarians-arrested/826382/1 "2018-12-19T18:36:30Z")
An elderly British couple in their 70s has been arrested on drug charges in Portugal after a “large amount of cocaine” was found in their cabin. The senior citizens were in the “Marco Polo” cruise ship, on their way back from the Caribbean. > **[Senior citizens arrested after 'large amount of cocaine' found stashed on...](https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/12/11/europe/cruise-ship-cocaine-haul-gbr-scli-intl/index.html)** > > Two British senior citizens were removed from a Caribbean cruise ship and arrested after a "large amount of cocaine" was discovered in their cabin. Obviously, cruises are more hardcore fun than I thought…! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-stash-of-cocaine-found-in-cruise-ship-septuagenarians-arrested/826382/2 "2018-12-19T18:47:43Z")
“The 70- and 72-year-old suspects” The emphasis on the age of the suspects suggests a certain amount of prejudice against people in their 70s. While physically many people this age are slowing down and starting to get serious health issues mentally they are about the same as younger generations. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-stash-of-cocaine-found-in-cruise-ship-septuagenarians-arrested/826382/3 "2018-12-19T18:54:36Z")
I think that it is the fact that not many people will associate “70+ year old people” with the concept of “high-end drug mules”. (They were carrying some 20 pounds of the stuff distributed among 4 pieces of luggage). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-stash-of-cocaine-found-in-cruise-ship-septuagenarians-arrested/826382/4 "2018-12-19T22:02:03Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > I think that it is the fact that not many people will associate “70+ year old people” with the concept of “high-end drug mules”. [goofy internet theory]It’s a viral promotion for Clint Eastwood’s new movie![/GIT]🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-stash-of-cocaine-found-in-cruise-ship-septuagenarians-arrested/826382/5 "2018-12-19T22:05:33Z")
Kieth Richards just turned 75 today, somehow i am not surprised at this story. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-stash-of-cocaine-found-in-cruise-ship-septuagenarians-arrested/826382/6 "2018-12-19T22:14:13Z")
People in their seventies attended college in the late 1960s. I assure you that people of that generation were familiar with drugs.