Photo By Customs and Border Protection
Cocaine Seized At Dulles Airport
While inspecting a Guatemalan man’s luggage Saturday Customs and Border Protection officers discovered cocaine concealed inside the double walls of two jars filled with stew.
While inspecting a Guatemalan man’s luggage Saturday Customs and Border Protection officers discovered cocaine concealed inside the double walls of two jars filled with stew.
According to the CBP, The travel requested entry to the U.S. as a courier on business after arriving on a flight from El Salvador.
During an examination of his packages, CBP officers discovered two jars filled with stew that felt too heavy relative to their size and contents. When the jars were emptied a plastic bag filled with a white, powdery substance that field-tested positive for cocaine was found hidden between the inner shell of each jar and its stainless steel lining.
The combined weight of two plastic bags of cocaine was a little over 1 kilogram, or 2 pounds, 4 ounces.
After interviews the man was not criminally charged. CBP officers processed him for removal. However; during the processing he expressed fear of returning to Guatemala. The man was detained and scheduled for an interview with an asylum officer. If his claim is not found credible he will be removed from the U.S. and barred from returning for a minimum of five years, according to the CBP.
During fiscal year 2011, which spans Oct. 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, 2012, CBP officers at Dulles Airport intercepted a little more than 50 pounds of cocaine in seven seizures.
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