Homeland Security agents arrested two Washington, D.C. men, both of whom work as government contractors, as they prepared to board a gay cruise with a suitcase full of illegal drugs.
35-year-old Peter Melendez and 27-year-old Robert Koehler were busted Sunday morning as they waited to board an Atlantis Events cruise ship in Miami.
Miami’s Local 10 reports:
According to an arrest report, a Homeland Security special agent intercepted emails from Peter Melendez, 35, who is a government contractor, and Robert Koehler, 27, discussing their strategy to smuggle the drugs onto the ship and distribute the drugs to people once they were on board. Police said the emails were intercepted through Melendez’s government-issued computer.
We’re sorry, but a person has to be really dumb to arrange an illegal drug operation using a government-issued device and then not expect to get caught.
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The Miami Herald adds:
After the men were spotted, a K-9 by the name of Bill alerted police to the drugs the men were carrying. Police confiscated 27 grams of MDMA, more commonly referred to as Ecstacy, 18 grams of Ketamine and 246 grams of GHB.
Melendez was charged with conspiracy to traffic in illegal drugs and trafficking in illegal drugs; Koehler was charged with trafficking illegal drugs.
Luckily for the other cruisers, the ship, which is reportedly Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas, chartered by Atlantis Events, still managed to sail off on time and is currently underway to Mexico and then Honduras.
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Vince
This is a tragedy. What will the people do on the cruise now? Drink red bull? Lol
Juanjo
One of the men was a federal contractor, not a federal worker [whatever that is]. The other man was not. That said, the stupidity of someone using a federal account to send emails discussing a conspiracy to commit a crime is rather astounding.
Trekbike
In the United States a federal worker is an employee of the federal government. A federal contractor is a company that’s contracted to do work, for, the federal government. Hope that helps.
Geeker
Dumb sluts.
PoetDaddy
I have to agree, Geeker!
Trekbike
You’re so funny!!
seaguy
How do you know they were sluts? Drug dealers can be celibate. lol
Wicked Dickie
‘..Luckily for the other cruisers, the ship, which is reportedly Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas, chartered by Atlantis Events, still managed to sail off on time and is currently underway to Mexico and then Honduras….’ Yes, because no one else smuggled GHB, MDMA, Ecstasy, or ketamine on board (rolls eyes in ‘yeah right’).
shakes_head
People enjoy doing drugs, the same way they enjoy drinking or other mind altering substances. Stop policing other people’s bodies. If you think the inhumane treatment of incarcerated drug users serves any kind of purpose, your morals are out of whack.
BiggieB
A ton is 2,000 pounds. “Tons” is therefore at least 4,000 pounds. In a suitcase. Either an enormous suitcase or extremely dense date rape drugs. And imagine the muscles on those guys to have been able to lift them!
toronto
Not exactly tons of drugs. 247 grams of GHB is probably no more than a water bottle full.
Still, emailing on a work computer is really not too bright. For sure, many other ‘Tons’ of drugs got onto that ship.
PinkoOfTheGange
not even a pint bottle.
PinkoOfTheGange
Oh my the pearl clutch of a headline.
ryuichi
I am sad for guys who need to use drugs in order to have a good time.
Rakkaus
What was their plan? To drug & date rape men, or make $$$ selling the drugs, or both? Why is there such a thing as a “gay cruise”, going on a holiday imprisoned aboard one of those giant gaudy top-heavy luxury cruise ships is so tacky & low-brow, it’s like frumpy stodgy middle-aged upper-middle-class Middle American heterosexuals’ idea of perfect vacation living like the rich & famous; would hope gays would have better taste than that but apparently not. On a gay sex cruise, what happens if you get on board & discover everyone on the cruise is fat & ugly, then what do you do for 2 weeks or however long you voluntarily imprisoned yourself on that cruise ship? Do they screen people who try to get tickets for a gay cruise to keep unattractive people off like gay group parties on dry land? (Where even despite screening you could escape if there were no attractive guys, unlike being trapped on cruise with finite number of men…)
Brian
Obviously they were gonna sell them. Selling drugs at a gay party is easier than selling girl scout cookies in a retirement home.
Invader7
@Here I Am: really…to you the ULTIMATE crime is becoming a druggie? Some of the ultimate CRIMES: rape,pedophilia, assaults-physical & or violent assaults, MURDER, stealing,theft, etc.etc.etc…Those are ultimate crimes. Yes, becoming dependent on /addicted to drugs is hard core and some of the activity around drug use is rather harsh and unpleasant.But being ultimate crimes.NO ..You lead a sheltered life up in your Ivory Tower…
Invader7
These two MORONIC idiots DESERVE to be busted : for being DUMB As dirt and as stooopid as doo doo. Remember : we live in a police state. And every form of communication is “onitored” by the government !!!!
nitejonboy
Oh no, what will all the ditzy queens do to have sex now ??!! Seriously, what were they going to do wit all of that ? Were there that many rapists lined up to buy it from them ?? Is this ship full of rapists ??
seaguy
GHB is usually not used for date raping at gay clubs and parties it is usually used to inhibit sexual arousal so it is somewhat misleading to refer to it as the date rape drug when really that is not what it is being used for on an Atlantis Gay Cruise.
Felecia
I am assuming that these two gentlemen had a different all-male destination in mind; a nice prison cell, maybe…? You’d have to be a complete idiot to expect anything less, so perhaps it was totally on-purpose…and God help us, lol…