This is a series of programs about foolish people who (mostly) got caught smuggling drugs and were imprisoned abroad.
It brings to mind a (possibly) narrow escaps I had back in the 1970s when I was traveling back from Bangkok to Heathrow. I got chatting in the check in queue to an older well dressed man (Tony) who had his arm in a sling. He sort of chatted me up and we went into the bar for a pre flight drink. When the time came to go through security he asked if I could take his bag through (as he had his arm in a sling). This raised a red flag with me. I refused on the grounds i had my own bag to manage but offered to find someone at the airport to help him. He immediately became curt and walked off.
Later at the boarding gate I saw Tony with a much younger woman (I was in my 30s then) and she was carrying his bag. He had obviously picked her up for that purpose. During the long flight back I debated whether to say anything to the flight crew. If he had any contraband then the girl was an innocent dupe, probably flattered by the attentions of a well presented older man. There were very few airport scanners back in those days.
I mentioned this to the stewardess expecting her to dismiss it, but soon found myself relating my tale to the purser in a non public part of the plane. We were heading into Bahrain which is a country notoriously tough on smuggling. I asked if I was likely to be detained to make a statement, and what would happen if I missed my flight. The purser said he would inform the captain and it was up to him what happened. It was unlikely I would be detained as I had done nothing wrong and in the event I missed the plane the airline would arrange for my onward travel.
At Bahrain (which was a small airport in those days) there was no sign of Tony and his companion, not did they re-board when we again took off - 2 hours late. It was obvious that they had been detained. However no one approached me or took me aside. There was a fresh flight crew from Bahrain onward and they affected to know nothing about the matter or the reason for the delay.
I never found out what happened to them. There was no google in those days. The only way of finding out anything was to read the papers and watch the TV. There was no mention in the news of a British couple stopped at Bahrain.
So I will never know what Tony had in his bag.
I once got stopped at the airport for having too much tobacco on me and it scared the s***s out of me. I was lucky that it just got confiscated.
If the same thing happened today I would keep my mouth shut and let events take their course.