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09-03-2010, 06:00 PM
Dominican citizen Bernardo Gonzalez Garcia faces up to 25 years in jail for attempted smuggling of nearly 30 pounds of cocaine and heroin into John F Kennedy International Airport on 7 August. The shipment was detected by the airport's drug dog patrol (K-9). The drugs with an estimated market value of US$1.4 million were concealed in cooking pots and sneakers.
A US Customs and Border Patrol spokesman said the CBP canine alerted to a suitcase owned by Gonzalez who had arrived on a flight from Santo Domingo. Upon opening the luggage, the officers noticed several pots and sneakers with unusually thick soles. A more intensive inspection revealed a brown powdery substance contained within the soles of the shoes, which tested positive for heroin. A subsequent examination revealed a white powdery substance, which tested positive for cocaine, within the base of the pots.
"CBP is committed to protecting the American public from any type of threat," stated Robert E. Perez, Director, Field Operations, New York Field Office. "CBP K-9 teams in the greater New York area are some of the best trained and most successful in detecting and intercepting contraband items, despite many cunning concealment methods."
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A US Customs and Border Patrol spokesman said the CBP canine alerted to a suitcase owned by Gonzalez who had arrived on a flight from Santo Domingo. Upon opening the luggage, the officers noticed several pots and sneakers with unusually thick soles. A more intensive inspection revealed a brown powdery substance contained within the soles of the shoes, which tested positive for heroin. A subsequent examination revealed a white powdery substance, which tested positive for cocaine, within the base of the pots.
"CBP is committed to protecting the American public from any type of threat," stated Robert E. Perez, Director, Field Operations, New York Field Office. "CBP K-9 teams in the greater New York area are some of the best trained and most successful in detecting and intercepting contraband items, despite many cunning concealment methods."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)