Authorities at Mexico City’s Airport seized luggage containing clothing coated with cocaine. The clothing appeared normal upon visual inspection, but was dipped in a cocaine solution.
The case took place this week at the Mexico City International Airport, when authorities x-ray scanned luggage from passengers arriving from Chile, a prepared statement from Mexico’s Customs Office revealed.
During the scans of two bags, authorities noticed some discrepancies in the luggage and, while physically inspecting them, a drug-sniffing dog from Mexico’s Navy alerted them to drugs within the clothing. Once authorities took a closer look, they were able to confirm they had been dipped in a cocaine solution.
In total, authorities seized more than 50 pounds of clothes coated in cocaine. Authorities also arrested the traveler, identified as a Mexican national.
The airport in Mexico City has been one of the busiest cocaine smuggling hubs used by cartels.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com.
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