A tall story

Detective inspector Cray, in his duty uniform, was waiting at Queenstown bus station on a special mission; to scout around for drug traffickers between Queenstown and Crossly, a distance of 12km. Crossly was the destination for such offenders.His keen eyes spotted an old lady carrying a child in one hand and pulling a wheeler in the other. She was wiping the sweat often. The inclement weather must be telling on her age.

The bus arrivedand the lady was rushing towards it. Cray crossed over and took the child and the whheeler from her. They were seated side by side. Thanking Cray for his courtesy, she struck up a conversation. Her son and daughter in law were ina far off place and had left the shild in her care. The whheeler contained  the childs belongings and she was carrying the child to her daughter in law's place which was 7km. away. The child was missing his parents and at times he proved to be un manageable.  
Cray comforted her saying that he would take care of the child and the wheeler so that she could take a nap. After 5km of travel they had to change buses at a check point. Cray got down with the lady's belongings. The lady lagged behind him.

The cheking was thorough; some passengers were detained. Both of them resumed their journey after this. When the ladr had to disembark. she profuselt thanked Cray for his kindness. Cray was watching them as the lady as she struggled along and finally disappeared.

The next day newspapers were crying hoarse with the following news. Police at Crosly were alerted with a tip off that an elderly woman was supposed to arrive at Croly bus station from Queenstown, carrying 3 kg of heroin. But she did not show up Crosly. Also how did she escape the check point?

Driving in her latest Mercedes, the old lady was laughing to herself. She had duped a duty officcer by reeling off a story about her non existent son and daughter in law!