No Shit for 8+ Days

In the UK Drugs Act 2005 there's a provision described thus:

"Allow a court to remand in police custody for up to a further 192 hours those who swallow drugs in secure packages, to increase the likelihood of the evidence being recovered."

I had thought that this further eight days was a bit excessive, but then I read this post on a forum:

"I attended the 1990, 1992 and 1993 Glastonbury festivals and the Reading 1990 festival and didn't take a dump at any of them.

That's 15 days of eating noodles from polystyrene trays and Curried Bully Beef without taking a crap."

According to an Interesting Facts page:

"The world constipation record is 108 days."
(As someone remarked elsewhere, you wouldn't want to be there on the 109th day.)

In the light of the evidence from this new research, surely this extra eight days on remand is insufficient.

There is a question here, too, of fair remuneration, not considered in the Act. Should an officer be paid more for investigating faeces (sic) of a greater quantity and longer-fermentation?

But since the cost of keeping a prisoner on remand is, in any case, met from the public purse, would it not be better for the taxpayer to have laxatives administered to suspects, thus expediting the whole procedure.

With the worldwide implications of this same problem - which faces authorities everywhere - it could be worthwhile for investors to keep an eye on the markets in Alexandrian, Kartoum, Tinnevelly, and Indian senna.