I also think the sentence Lagace got was kind of low and it implies some kind of cooperation agreement.
Getting back to the subject of Tamine, another fact that we know that gravitates towards him having a status of mule is that we know these 3 did something to arouse the suspicion of Canadian customs authorities long before they were caught. The Aussies were tipped off by Canadian and American customs. It is easy for two attractive young girls with an older guy to pass as unsuspicious, even on a $22,000 per person cruise. That leads me to conclude that it was Tamine who aroused the suspicion of Canadian customs who in turn communicated the suspicions to American customs, one of the port destinations. Someone did not like something enough in the answers they got from Tamine at Customs to communicate something up the food chain- even though there was not probable cause to stop him earlier. That is how the 3 got caught- the Aussies were tipped off and, acting on that tip, brought K-9s on board. Some have speculated that it was the 2 girls posting on their Facebook but that in and of itself shouldn't have aroused suspicion, if they were legit Sugar Babies whose trip was being paid for. To me, it makes most sense that Tamine was the likely source of the Customs suspicion in US/Canada, because he would have been looked at as the older person and the money person. But what were the suspicions? And why didn't Tamine's presumptive handlers see this coming and hire another mule instead? Was Tamine coached and the best they could do, and he blew the coaching, or was he some unfortunate family relative of one of the real principals, who was viewed as pathetic and expendable within his own family (a la Fredo in the Godfather)?
Getting back to the subject of Tamine, another fact that we know that gravitates towards him having a status of mule is that we know these 3 did something to arouse the suspicion of Canadian customs authorities long before they were caught. The Aussies were tipped off by Canadian and American customs. It is easy for two attractive young girls with an older guy to pass as unsuspicious, even on a $22,000 per person cruise. That leads me to conclude that it was Tamine who aroused the suspicion of Canadian customs who in turn communicated the suspicions to American customs, one of the port destinations. Someone did not like something enough in the answers they got from Tamine at Customs to communicate something up the food chain- even though there was not probable cause to stop him earlier. That is how the 3 got caught- the Aussies were tipped off and, acting on that tip, brought K-9s on board. Some have speculated that it was the 2 girls posting on their Facebook but that in and of itself shouldn't have aroused suspicion, if they were legit Sugar Babies whose trip was being paid for. To me, it makes most sense that Tamine was the likely source of the Customs suspicion in US/Canada, because he would have been looked at as the older person and the money person. But what were the suspicions? And why didn't Tamine's presumptive handlers see this coming and hire another mule instead? Was Tamine coached and the best they could do, and he blew the coaching, or was he some unfortunate family relative of one of the real principals, who was viewed as pathetic and expendable within his own family (a la Fredo in the Godfather)?
