14 of the boldest smuggling attempts

Earlier this week, Evelio Padilla, a 28-year-old Honduran immigrant, pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to smuggle drugs into the country using scuba-diving gear and an underwater, cross-border tunnel.

"Drug smugglers will try anything to move their product, even scuba diving in an underwater tunnel," US Attorney Laura Duffy said in a statement.

Below are some of the most creative smuggling attempts.

SEE ALSO: A man used a cross-border underwater tunnel and scuba equipment to smuggle 55 pounds of cocaine into the US

A "narco pigeon" was caught smuggling drugs into a Costa Rican prison.

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This woman was apprehended smuggling 51 tropical fish when customs officers heard "flipping" noises coming from her waist.

A drone dropped heroin, marijuana, and tobacco into an Ohio prison yard.

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