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Votes: 0
Pubdate: Thu, 12 Jan 2017
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader (KY)
Copyright: 2017 Lexington Herald-Leader
Contact: http://www.kentucky.com/369/
Website: http://www.kentucky.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/240
POUNDS OF METH HIDDEN IN SNAIL STATUE FOUND IN CINCINNATI
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say officers in Cincinnati
intercepted more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine that was concealed
inside a statue of a snail.
Authorities say the package, which came from Mexico and was labeled
"Mexican stone crafts," contained a decorative snail statue that exhibited
"interior anomalies" during an X-ray inspection on Dec. 30.
Customs officers drilled a hole into the statue and found 53 pounds of a
white crystalline powder that tested positive for meth.
Richard Gillespie, CBP's Cincinnati Port Director, says the agency's
officers excel at preventing dangerous packages from reaching innocent
citizens.
The snail's intended destination was Lawrenceville, Georgia.
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