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February 9, 2013 - U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) officers at Boston Logan
International Airport were not deceived by a
traveler’s creative drug concealment method when
24 pounds of a liquid cocaine mixture was
discovered and seized in small cosmetic
containers.
On Jan. 28, the alleged smuggler, 38-year-old
Johanna Carolina Ortiz, a U.S. Citizen, arrived
on a flight from Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic, and was referred for a secondary
enforcement examination.
During the baggage examination, CBP officers
located a large and suspicious amount of
cosmetic products in Ortiz’s suitcase. Further
testing and examination confirmed 24 pounds of a
liquid cocaine mixture, concealed in 25 bottles
and canisters, labeled as hair products and hand
lotion.
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