First it was Mr Potato Head getting busted for ecstasy (story HERE), then it was the seemingly innocuous Bindeez beads concealing a heavy and potentially harmful dose of GHB (story HERE). Now comes the shocking news that a giant stuffed turtle has been caught smuggling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cocaine into the country. It’s merely another in the recent spate of children’s entertainers indulging in shocking and illegal activities. Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the children?

According to the SMH, customs officers discovered the cocaine inside a stuffed toy turtle at the Sydney International Mail Centre while he was on the way to his home in Melbourne’s east. And this ain’t no weekend warrior’s secret stash – we’re talking 700 grams worth of the white stuff, with an estimated street value of $175,000. The matter has been referred to the Australian Federal Police, and although charges are yet to be laid you can be sure the stuffed turtle will be spending the rest of its life in the slammer.

What’s next; Ninja Turtles busted for illegal waste disposal, a Micro Machine having its license suspended for dangerous street racing, or Mr Squiggle being shamed for indecent exposure? Stay tuned to ITM as always…