The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have arrested and detained a Guatemalan man for allegedly trying to smuggle over $5o,000 worth of “cocaine cookies” through Newark Liberty International Airport, reports NBC News.
Mauricio Isidro Rivera Hernandez now faces state charges of narcotics smuggling after custom officials say they found 118 pellets of coke baked into the cookies found in three of his checked bags.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection say the isolated incident happened on June 5th. Robert E. Perez, Director of CBP’s New York Field Operations guaranteed that his team would not let up in light of their victory saying, “CBP Officers remain ever vigilant in protecting the United States from the distribution of these dangerous drugs, regardless of the concealment methods employed by these would-be smugglers.”
He was handed over to the police department of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and faces state charges of narcotics smuggling.
It is not immediately known if he has retained an attorney.
That guy might want to call Saul…..
