Wed, Jun 24, 2009
45 Pounds Stuffed In A Duffel
Last Thursday, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection officers, from Newark Liberty
International Airport discovered more than 45 pounds of cocaine in
a duffel bag while conducting baggage inspections on a flight
arriving from the Dominican Republic.
During a routine x-ray inspection of bags arriving from foreign,
an anomaly was detected on a large red and blue duff bag. Further
examination of the bag revealed 35 brick shaped objects wrapped in
gray tape.
Upon probing and testing the contents of the brick it field
tested positive to cocaine. The bag, which arrived from Santo
Domingo, had no tags to identify passenger ownership. The seized
drugs were valued at more than $2 million. (U.S.
Customs Photos Below)
“CBP is committed to interdicting narcotics at our ports
of entry and identifying the complex methods perpetrators utilize
to illegally import dangerous drugs into the U.S.,” said
Robert E. Perez, director of Field Operations for CBP in New
York.
CBP officers at Newark Liberty International Airport routinely
screen and conduct inspections in the International baggage area in
order detect and prevent smuggling attempts such as these. The duff
bag and drugs were turned over to Immigration and Customs
Enforcement for further investigation.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency
within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the
management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and
between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping
terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing
hundreds of U.S. laws.
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