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"You&amp;#x27;ve always known Manolo Blahnik shoes are worth a pretty penny, but $70,000 a pair? In a story too crazy to be made up, some drug smugglers have been busted with replicas of the designer high heels crafted out of cocaine. The New York Post has the story about a ring of drug dealers who were busted in Barcelona with $630,000 worth of cocaine--all molded into the shape of the haute high heels: &amp;quot;A ring of drug smugglers figured out a way to mold cocaine into replicas of pricey Manolo Blahnik shoes during a two-year international trafficking caper that ended this week. Spanish cops busted the gang Tuesday with $630,000 worth of cocaine that had been carefully sculpted to look like the high-heeled, luxury women&amp;amp;#8217;s footwear made famous on Sex and the City...Cops said the gang had been shipping the fancy footwear from Colombia to Barcelona and then sold it on the streets of Spain and throughout Europe.&amp;quot; So, how the heck do you get a pile of powder to look like designer stems? &amp;quot;The bust revealed possibly the most inventive method of smuggling the drug, which was mixed with a liquid, turned into a paste, molded and painted to look like shoes...When the cocaine arrived, three other men would turn the shoes back into white powder and distribute the drugs to dealers.&amp;quot; Pretty unbelievable, huh? They may be criminals, but clearly they have great taste in footwear! Want more wacky fashion news? - Alexander McQueen was inspired by this Friends character - See what $24,000 lingerie looks like - Yes, this handbag was meant to hold boxed wine More Ways to Get Glamour: Chat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;amp;#8217;s schedule Get the latest fashion updates via Twitter on @glamour_fashion Check out our chic Tumblr! Read Glamour magazine on your iPad&amp;amp;#8212;print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Sign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#x27;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise). And, did you know you can read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;amp;#8217;s the ultimate boredom buster. Want even more STF? Follow us on Twitter! Latest Tweets!Follow us on Twitter!jQuery(&amp;quot;.blog-tweets&amp;quot;).tweet({username:[&amp;quot;glamour_fashion&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;cindi_leive&amp;quot;], count: 3}); "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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