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NEW YORK.- Customs and Border Protection Agents (CBP) arrested the Dominican Bernardo González in Kennedy International Airport, for trying to smuggle 30 kilos of cocaine with a street value of US$1.4 million.

The authorities said the Dominican brought the cocaine in pots, casseroles and pots and several pairs of tennis shoes, but detected by trained dogs.

The detainee had allegedly brought the drug from Santo Domingo in utensils and footwear in his luggage, but when the agents noticed the shoes’ thicker than normal soles, used the dogs to sniff the inside, and found a coffee colored substance which tested positive for cocaine.

González, arraigned in East District Federal Court on drug trafficking charges, faces as much as 25 years in jail if convicted.

 

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12 comment(s)
Written by: marinos90209, 2 Sep 2010 11:56 AM
From: United States
nothing new.....
Written by: BASTA, 2 Sep 2010 12:03 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
LET him go
Written by: Rainman, 2 Sep 2010 12:20 PM
From: United States
I was flying into Fort Lauderdale not long ago and this older gentleman was proudly telling me how he had his bag full of yuca from his conuco "of course the best yuca in the world" , the poor guy as soon as he arrived the dogs were jumping and everything was ceased by USDA much to his disliking. It is amazing to see some people try to smuggle drugs when you cant even bring yuca
Written by: xwill7, 2 Sep 2010 1:13 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
No brain
Written by: gmiller261, 2 Sep 2010 1:33 PM
From: United States

Give him all 25 years.

Written by: Grosero, 2 Sep 2010 4:16 PM
From: United States
should have shoved them up his .....

because now he's going to getting something shoved up his ....every night in lock down...
Written by: danny00, 2 Sep 2010 4:27 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
Written by: BASTA, 2 Sep 2010 12:03 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
LET him go
why should they let him go?
they have caught many drug smugglers {gringos} in the pop airport did they let them go?. is guy a friend of yours? maybe u think hes a good guy just trying to take the short cut in life to make a cool few million dollars is that it?
Written by: danny00, 2 Sep 2010 4:30 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
not sure about the dogs in this case.maybe they helped a little.
think it was one or two of the customs agents.
when u give this some thought the pots, and pans most of the time are going from new york to the dr.
guess they had thoughts hey! whats going on here.
Written by: VeronicaDR, 2 Sep 2010 6:50 PM
From: United States
This guy will be properly prosecuted. For him to get it out of Santo Domingo he probably had help and this is what should be investigated as well. I have flown through SDQ many times and they check for drugs so I find it hard to believe he didn't have help getting his drugs out of the country.
Written by: PatDiamond, 2 Sep 2010 7:22 PM
From: Botswana, La reconnaissance est une lachete'
Clearly this poor guy was a sacrificial lamb, for no one send a courier thru US custom with that much works without making sure your inside man is on deck.
Written by: THINK, 3 Sep 2010 10:53 AM
From: United States, SDQ -- Mia --NY

I noticed that when any flight from DR to JFK, the US Customs are more cautious to inspect the luggage of DR's passengers.

Why? Because there are so many Dominicans think they can sneaking around like DR and make easy money fast.
Written by: SunshineState This user is banned, 5 Sep 2010 10:03 AM
From: United States
Give him 25 years plus and extra 5 for been dumm. How stupid can people be today, hellooo those pots, casseroles are sold on 176th and broadway for less than what u pay in DR. Ofcourse US Customs gonna check those pots. animalllllllllllllll
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