Four men arrested for smuggling cocaine inside Xbox consoles

Life for the older gaming consoles can be tough, but not in the sense they'll be used as containers to smuggle drugs. Older consoles were used as containers for smuggling cocaine, with four men arrested for allegedly smuggling thousands of grams of cocaine since Microsoft's first gaming console.

According to the investigation report, a pack of 1100 grams of cocaine worth over $100,000 was stashed inside an Xbox 360, and sent to a house in Reading, Pennsylvania. As investigations progressed, the police followed a vehicle where the suspects arrived in their home at Hancock Boulevard, with police raiding both houses after getting a search warrant, where they found a large amount of cocaine and even Xbox consoles, accessories and other parts.

The items are as follows:

• 1100 grams of cocaine with the potential street value in excess of $100,000
• Representative kilogram substitute containing a testable quantity of cocaine
• Miscellaneous x-box game console and parts.
• Miscellaneous documents pertaining to the defendants
• Miscellaneous packaging material related to cocaine
• Heat sealer machine
• Additional miscellaneous x-box components and shipping packaging
• Cutting agent related to cocaine.
• Five counter-surveillance cameras
• Over fourteen cellular telephones
• Box of .40 caliber ammunition and loaded gun magazine
• Digital scale
• Plastic bag containing "crack" cocaine
• Approx. $600.00 in U.S. Currency

As of now, the investigation is ongoing, but the consoles were dissembled in the house at Hancock Boulevard.