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<p>A duo was charged with drug offenses after cops in South Carolina uncovered 1500 grams of cocaine inside a fake stomach.</p>
<p><strong>Cemeka Dannette Mitchem</strong> and <strong>Anthony Miller</strong> <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/crime/most-unusual-drug-operation-busted-as-woman-allegedly-hides-3-pounds-of-cocaine-taped-under-fake-rubber-stomach/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were arrested on April 12 on one count each</a> of trafficking more than 400 grams, <em>Law&;Crime </em>reports.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Woman With Drugs Stuffed In Fake &#8220;Pregnancy&#8221; Belly Posed As Expecting Mother, Cops Say</h3>
<p>Mitchem reportedly posed as a “<a href="https://www.facebook.com/AndersonSheriff/posts/pfbid0HNdAFXLepj35xvvsvWnMeuL7kdRC1fCVhoYhz2w34uxKDrfFqwhFY4hLQwtLUsDJl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mother-to-be</a>” when cops pulled the pair over on U.S. Interstate 85, per the Anderson County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.</p>
<p>According to Public Information Officer Shale Remien, the traffic stop was prompted by Miller&#8217;s &#8220;erratic driving,&#8221; as reported by <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-woman-arrested-after-3-pounds-cocaine-falls/story?id=99327112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a>. Miller allegedly weaved between &#8220;multiple lanes&#8221; and almost collided with a semi-tractor trailer truck.</p>
<p>Deputies became suspicious after the pair offered &#8220;conflicting information&#8221; regarding her &#8220;due date,&#8221; police say.</p>
<p>She allegedly took off running as authorities became more suspicious of her conflicting story. Drugs quickly fell from the fake rubber stomach as she attempted to flee.</p>
<p class="qualified qualified-7">Deputies seized “more than 1500 grams” of cocaine, just over three pounds, per the ASCO press release.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not every day we see something like that,&#8221; Remien remarked, as per <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-woman-arrested-after-3-pounds-cocaine-falls/story?id=99327112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a>.</p></blockquote>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Judge Denies Bond For Both, Facing Upwards Of 25 To 30 Years In Prison Per South Carolina Law</h3>
<p class="qualified qualified-8">Meanwhile, the agency posted a photo of the rubber device alongside the pair&#8217;s mugshots to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AndersonSheriff/posts/pfbid0HNdAFXLepj35xvvsvWnMeuL7kdRC1fCVhoYhz2w34uxKDrfFqwhFY4hLQwtLUsDJl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the department&#8217;s Facebook page</a> Sunday.</p>
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<p class="qualified qualified-9">&#8220;Deputies found a suspect trying to disguise drugs in the most unusual way!&#8221; the caption reads. &#8220;A woman was &#8216;carrying&#8217; a large amount of cocaine taped behind this rubber pregnancy belly.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Mitchem and Miller were still in custody as of Monday (May 15), according to <em>Law&;Crime</em>.</p>
<p>A judge denied their bond, and their next court date is not immediately apparent.</p>
<p>Trafficking more than 400 grams of cocaine is punishable by “not less than twenty-five years nor more than thirty years with a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of twenty-five years, no part of which may be suspended nor probation granted, and a fine of two hundred thousand dollars,&#8221; per <a href="https://law.justia.com/codes/south-carolina/2013/title-44/chapter-53/section-44-53-370" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South Carolina law</a>.</p>
<p>It is actually not the first time drugs have been smuggled by way of a fake pregnancy belly.</p>
<p>In 2013, a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-24058118?ocid=socialflow_twitter_bbcworld" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian woman was arrested in Colombia</a> for smuggling drugs inside a fake pregnancy stomach, according to the <em>BBC</em>.</p>
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