A couple flying into Kennedy Airport from the Dominican Republican managed to sneak in about nine pounds of heroin through a whiskey box and a large speaker, authorities say.
Andres Uribe Rebolledo and his girlfriend Yuly Valencia Sanchez, both Colombian citizens, landed at JFK Sunday with a Glenmorangie-brand whiskey gift box and a Marshall-brand speaker, Customs and Border Protection says.
The whiskey box felt unusually heavy, and customers officers escorted the couple to a private search room where the officers found a substance on the items that tested positive for heroin, authorities said.
About nine pounds of heroin with an estimated street value of more than $250,000 were seized.
Rebolledo and Sanchez face narcotics smuggling charges and are being prosecutors by the city's Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office. It wasn't immediately clear if they had attorneys.
Photo Credit: Customs Border Protection
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