Customs & Border Protection image of one of two American women arrested for smuggling cocaine in diapers from the Dominican Republic (© Customs & Border Protection via The New York Post, http://aka.ms/cokediaper)

DIY cocaine diapers don't fool feds at JFK airport, just so you know

1/30/2013

Would-be drug smugglers may think they're getting smarter, but the evidence is to the contrary. Bronx residents Priscilla Pena and Michelle Blassingale had just flown into New York from the Dominican Republic when a drug-sniffing dog pointed them out to customs officials at JFK International Airport. Authorities searched the women's luggage and came up empty, but when they did a pat-down, they discovered each woman was wearing a "diaper" packed with around 7 pounds of cocaine. Pena was released on bond, while Blassingale remains in police custody. [Source]

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