Inmate smuggles drugs into jail in his rectum

LAND O'LAKES — There was smoke coming from cell number A412B at the Pasco County Jail and a deputy went to check it out. There was no fire. It smelled like cigarettes, which are banned.

This cell is the new home of Majin Alberto Camareno — a 35-year-old from New Port Richey who makes frequent appearances at the jail on charges of drugs, battery and violating his probation. Camareno settled in on Wednesday for a nine-month stretch on aggravated assault.

This time, he wanted some comforts of home, according to a report from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.

The report said a deputy patted him down and found Loritab and Xanax pills, cigarettes, rolling papers and matches in the front of his underwear.

It turns out that Camareno had filled two "Happy Birthday!" balloons with the contraband and then hid them inside his rectum to smuggle them inside the jail. Once he was booked, Camareno retrieved the balloons and got the goods — which before consumption were about eight pills, 20 cigarettes, plus the papers and matches.

It is not known why he chose those balloons, though his own birthday is coming up on Nov. 23.

The report said he admitted to bringing the items into the jail, but that they were for his own personal use. Now he also faces charges of possession of a controlled substance and bringing contraband into a detention facility.

His bail is set at $10,000 for those two new charges. He won't be able to post that until his assault term is served.

Comments on this article

by funny	Nov 2, 2008 3:11 PM
he had 20 cigs with the filters taken off rolled up, up in his "mailbox"

by HK416	Oct 31, 2008 10:07 PM
You morons they obviously were NOT previously rolled cigarettes. The reporter apparently got it wrong when he put both CIGARETTES and ROLLING PAPERS. He most likely meant TOBACCO and ROLLING PAPERS.

by No you didnt!!!	Oct 29, 2008 10:16 PM
I have been in that jail myself...and this is nothing new AT ALL!! This happends almost everyday...Its just that Majin got caught!

by Randy	Oct 29, 2008 12:39 PM
I think they should have all the comforts of home.After all, it's not their fault they are in there,it is society's fault for not catering to their special needs.Oh wait,nevermind, I was just trying on my "Liberal Democrat" costume for Halloween. :)

by Rose	Oct 29, 2008 12:31 PM
It is difficult for me to understand how someone can fit all that including 20 cigarettes into his rectum..)shaking my head in disbelief)

by Jamie	Oct 29, 2008 12:25 PM
I love my fellow Tampa Bay citizens if for nothing more than their incredible use of the pun!

by B's girl	Oct 28, 2008 6:56 PM
Are you people kidding me? Let them have xanax in jail because it's stressful and they may "need" them? If they need meds. they can be prescribed them in jail and of course jail is stressful-it's not supposed to be fun!

by herne	Oct 28, 2008 6:55 PM
It's quite obvious that this wasn't for his personal use and was to trade for protection/barter inside. I have a cousin who went to prison and when he knew he was going back the second time he shoved a condom with a bunch of weed up his ass. He knee.

by It takes a village idiot	Oct 28, 2008 5:53 PM
Really? He has bail? Hmmmm...Where does he go if he doesn't post it?

by Sally	Oct 28, 2008 5:53 PM
When is this news? Oh yeah, when the SPT doesn't have any experienced reporters and starts pandering to the lowest common denominator. I used to expect more from the SPT, but now, it's just par for the course!

by Sam	Oct 28, 2008 5:16 PM
Is this really newsworthy? Ick.

by Packey	Oct 27, 2008 9:02 PM
where else would he put the stuff if his jumpsuit had no pockets.........in the "mailbox"

by what a joke	Oct 27, 2008 9:01 PM
if they are going to tell people who have smoked their whole lives they can't smoke, then they should offer help to them so this doesn't happen. They could charge 5 or 7 bucks a pack and be rich

by Kim	Oct 27, 2008 11:21 AM
Do they get a beer now and then? I bet the guards get beer all the time. That would explain those huge fat bellies they have. Beer and chips.

by John	Oct 27, 2008 11:21 AM
Too bad the balloons didn't break and kill this burden on society

by Julie	Oct 27, 2008 11:21 AM
Mark, thats too funny.. HAHAHAHAHA

by geezer	Oct 27, 2008 11:21 AM
Majin sounds like the kind of fellow I like to have as my celly. A body's gotta do what a body's gotta do. But this is a family newspaper so you need in the future write "mail box" not "rectum." You need to say, "I got my smokes outta my mail box."

by Kim	Oct 27, 2008 10:27 AM
Being in Jail is stressful for anyone. They need help and if it take drugs let them take them. I would not suprised that 50% of the guards don't take some kind of drugs themsleves. legal or not.

by Al	Oct 26, 2008 1:18 PM
What, no bottle of wine? Slacker.

by Josh	Oct 26, 2008 1:09 PM
Rectum, darn near killed him

by Mark	Oct 26, 2008 1:09 PM
Thats OK the Sheriffs office smuggled a rectum into office. Hopefully we can vote White out.

by Don	Oct 26, 2008 1:09 PM
Gives a new meaning to cigarette BUTTS.

by dd	Oct 26, 2008 1:09 PM
what a jerk ,, sure smuggle in the drugs but cigs,,that is some stupid crap there,,,

by Candi	Oct 26, 2008 1:09 PM
Well didn't this guy bend over, pull his cheek's apart and COUGH!!! LOL :) Are we slacking off in the booking section?? Maybe each new prisoner should get an enema instead, LOL

by Bob	Oct 26, 2008 1:08 PM
A real party pooper!!!

by Bob the Plumber	Oct 26, 2008 1:08 PM
I can get those drugs out of Alberto's rectum without any problem. But that smoking in his cell thing is just plain bad.

by Gary	Oct 26, 2008 1:08 PM
Let's see. Did I read that right? He crammed a pack of cigarettes (Marlboro's hard pack, I'll assume), two happy birthday balloons filled with pills and a birthday cake? Wow, God bless him for such initiative even if it was for evil. Go Phillys

by m-dizzle	Oct 26, 2008 1:08 PM
who cares let those people in jail have ciggarettes and other things like xanax pills in jail maybe they truley need them.Have they ever thought about that and plus it'll probably keep tahe fighting down cause they are not feening 4 a ciggarette

by Simon	Oct 26, 2008 1:08 PM
Quite a life you've carved out for yourself, Majin.