DUBLIN (Reuters) - Rehearsals for an Irish opera met with an unusual hitch after customs officers seized cocaine from a truck delivering theatrical sets to a Dublin theater preparing to stage one of opera's finest works.
The head of Opera Ireland said British customs found the 13 pounds of drugs while checking a shipment of sets and costumes en route from Germany to Ireland for a production of Verdi's "La Traviata."
The opera company said it had no idea where the drugs came from and feared if the clothes and props did not arrive within a week the production would not go ahead as planned next month.
"This is not of our doing, believe me," said Opera Ireland CEO David Collopy. "We don't know how the drugs got in there."
13 pounds?? i understand the need for a little hit of the blow every now and again, but jesus, who were they dealing to? the entire fashion industry?
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