NY CBP Finds Cocaine Hidden Inside Aircraft Cargo Hold
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that on July 27, 2011, officers at the John F. Kennedy International Airport found five brick packages within the left-side wall in the aft cargo hold of an aircraft arriving from Colombia. CBP…
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has officers that are Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified aircraft mechanics who conduct physical searches of the aircraft. Officers discovered the anomaly within the wall of the cargo hold and sized a total of 5.58 kilograms (12.32 pounds) of cocaine with an estimated street value of approximately $500,000.