Authorities seized 44 pounds of cocaine in suitcases of two passengers departing from the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials today reported the intervention, in conjunction with the Police, in which they used the drug valued at $ 500,000 in the underground market.
“The outstanding ability of our officers to collaborate with local law enforcement, along with the use of all available tools, resulted in the detection of these narcotics, preventing their entry into our communities,” said Roberto Vaquero, deputy director of operations for Border Security in Puerto Rico, in written statements.
In a press release, CBP reported that on December 16 and 19 a police can warned about the pieces of luggage belonging to two different passengers, a man and a woman, scheduled to leave for Orlando, Florida.
CBP officers, along with the special agents of National Security Investigations of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE-HSI), inspected a piece of luggage where they found 12 “bricks” or packages containing a white powder substance, which then tested positive for cocaine. The seized drug weighed 13.23 kilos.
In the other suitcase, they found six bricks weighing 6.8 kilos.
Special agents of ICE-HSI assumed custody of the seized cocaine and arrested the owners of the luggage, for further investigation and prosecution.
The detainees were not identified.
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