CINCINNATI, Ohio – A US customs drug dog has warned authorities about a consignment of breakfast cereal covered in cocaine instead of sugar.
Federal authorities seized £ 44. of cocaine disguised as sugar on ripe flakes of wheat last Saturday in Cincinnati.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents said it had a street value of $ 2.8 million.
The cargo originated in Peru and was on its way to a private residence in Hong Kong before being seized by US authorities.
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Richard Gillespie, director of the port in Cincinnati, said these days that smugglers will hide drugs in virtually anything.
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