Paul Frampton, jailed physics prof, asks UNC-Chapel Hill for raise RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A physics professor jailed for alleged drug smuggling in Argentina is arguing he deserves a raise from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Paul Frampton, a world-renowned physicist and professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, was arrested Jan. 23 at the airport in Buenos Aires carrying a suitcase with 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of cocaine sewn into the liner, The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer reported Tuesday. Frampton, 68, said he'd gone to the country after being duped online by a young woman purporting to be a bikini model. Frampton says he never met the woman but someone who said he knew her asked him to bring the suitcase back with him to the United States. Friends and supporters say the idea of Frampton as a drug smuggler is ridiculous, but those same friends concede he has a weakness for younger women. They note a time he flew all the way to China only to be rebuffed by a woman he'd met on the Internet. Though he remains in custody in Argentina, Frampton has remained involved with students back at Chapel Hill. He has access to a telephone and counsels students that way. Supporters bring him trade magazines so he can stay current on developments in the physics discipline. And with all that, he charged university officials ought to not only restore the pay they're withholding pending the outcome his legal battle, but they should to give him a raise. "Oh, it is definitely chutzpah," Frampton told The News & Observer. But the facts show that I deserve it. He cited statistics that show him underpaid compared with other physics professors of his caliber, of which he says there are only 30 or so in the world. Frampton makes $107,000 per year at Chapel Hill. He says other professors whose work is routinely cited in scholarly journals make double that amount, though his petition to the university did not name a specific salary figure he deserves as a raise.