Authorities recovered 5 pounds of cocaine -- worth about $78,000 on the street -- from a pair of spandex shorts in a passenger's backpack at Newark Liberty International Airport, officials say.
The Netherlands man was stopped when he arrived at the airport last week on a flight from Aruba. Authorities say they found two packages in a pair of shorts in the man's backpack that had cocaine in them.
The man was taken into custody.
“This latest seizure demonstrates the steadfastness of the CBP officers on the ground to detect and deter those who would try to import these illegal substances,” said Robert Perez, director of New York field operations. “CBP is ever vigilant in our daily battle against the flow of illicit narcotics being smuggled into the United States.”
