Customs officials at Kennedy International Airport say they discovered shrink-wrapped cylinders filled with two pounds (0.91 kilograms) of heroin in the underwear of a Colombian man arriving in the United States.
Kennedy International Airport. Image by saaby / CC BY-SA 2.0
US customs and border protection officers reported that the drug was found in the passenger’s groin area when he was searched in a private room. The suspect, Ivan Vidal Forero, faces federal narcotics smuggling charges. He was arrested last week after he got off a flight from Bogota and was handed over to Homeland Security investigators.
The two cylinders contained a powdery substance that tested positive for heroin, with an estimated street value of more than $61,000 US dollars (£40,867). The case is to be prosecuted in Brooklyn federal court.
(Press Association)
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