Lawmaker hid drugs in his underpants

News Limited (news.com.au) ^ | February 1, 2011 | AFP/AAP

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PHILIPPINES congressman Ronald Singson has admitted he tried to smuggle cocaine into HK in his underpants.

The colourful 42-year-old, who is from one of the Philippines' most high-profile political families, admitted to bringing 6.67 grams of cocaine and two tablets of the narcotic Nitrazepam into the city on July 11, 2010.

He was arrested at Hong Kong's international airport by customs officers who found a small amount of cocaine and pills in his luggage, with six grams of cocaine hidden in his underpants.

The total value of the cocaine was about $2000.

The politician, also a music promoter whose business interests include the music station Channel V in the Philippines, admitted to trafficking and faces a maximum life sentence and a possible fine of up to $647,900.

But he denied any plan to re-sell the drugs and pleaded for leniency.

"(They) were solely for his own consumption. He had no intention of engaging in commercial or social trafficking," Singson's lawyer John Reading told Judge Joseph Yau.

Singson said he had the drugs because of "political pressures", "pressure of faltering businesses" and relationship problems, adding that he was suffering from depression.

"Even though I was successful in my own right, I didn't feel happy," he said.

He testified that he snorted cocaine daily, consuming between four and five grams a day, costing him as much as $577, in several month-long binges starting in 2004.

"Whenever I took (cocaine), I took large amounts, frequently every day," he told the court.

"I apologise to the people of Hong Kong. This was a very big mistake and in the process, I have ruined my name and reputation, embarrassing my family and causing pain to my girlfriend."

[shankbear]

I hide my crack in my underwear.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

drugs-in-underpants ping.

[martin_fierro]

The colourful 42-year-old, who is from one of the Philippines' most high-profile political families

Ferdinand Marcos Jr., aka "Bong Bong," had no comment.

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[The Comedian]

Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.

[Allegra]

I hide my crack in my underwear.

You must not be a plumber.

[Slings and Arrows]

Apparently “Singson” is Tagalog for “Kennedy.”

[dayglored]

>> I hide my crack in my underwear.

> You must not be a plumber.

Let's just hope he doesn't snort it.