- Salvador Zamaya, 24, charged with drug possession with intent to sell and trafficking
- TSA agents came upon the meat-encased drugs during routine luggage inspection
- Suspect was traveling aboard Alaska Airlines from San Jose to Seattle
A hunk of raw meat found inside a passenger’s luggage set off alarm bells
for TSA agents in
California last week, leading to an unexpected drug bust.
Last Saturday, security agents at San Jose International Airport contacted
the local police department
Last Saturday, security agents at San Jose International Airport contacted
the local police department
about a suspicious package discovered inside a suitcase being checked
onto an Alaska Airlines flight.
Officers who responded to the scene examined the object, which turned
out to be vacuum-sealed raw meat.
Inside, police found 3lbs of cocaine divided among three shrink-wrapped bundles.
The suspect, identified by CBS San Francisco as 24-year-old Salvador
Zamaya, was promptly
onto an Alaska Airlines flight.
Officers who responded to the scene examined the object, which turned
out to be vacuum-sealed raw meat.
Inside, police found 3lbs of cocaine divided among three shrink-wrapped bundles.
The suspect, identified by CBS San Francisco as 24-year-old Salvador
Zamaya, was promptly
removed from his flight and taken into custody.
Zamaya was traveling from San Jose to Seattle, and the drugs were
discovered during a
routine luggage inspection.
Zamaya has been charged with possession of narcotics with the intent
to distribute and drug trafficking.
The meat-encased cocaine has been seized as evidence by police.
Amazingly, this is not the first - nor the second - time that raw meat
has been used to transport drugs.
In March, customs agents at JFK International Airport discovered
more than 7lbs of cocaine
Zamaya was traveling from San Jose to Seattle, and the drugs were
discovered during a
routine luggage inspection.
Zamaya has been charged with possession of narcotics with the intent
to distribute and drug trafficking.
The meat-encased cocaine has been seized as evidence by police.
Amazingly, this is not the first - nor the second - time that raw meat
has been used to transport drugs.
In March, customs agents at JFK International Airport discovered
more than 7lbs of cocaine
stuffed inside three chunks of frozen goat meat stashed in a suitcase,
according to published reports.
As recently as last month, security officials at the Kuwaiti International
Airport busted a Bangladeshi
according to published reports.
As recently as last month, security officials at the Kuwaiti International
Airport busted a Bangladeshi
cleaning company worker with two kilos of marijuana packed inside
a container of frozen meat.
Drug mules seeking to avoid detection by police and airport security in
the US and abroad have been
a container of frozen meat.
Drug mules seeking to avoid detection by police and airport security in
the US and abroad have been
forced to think outside the box, or in this instance, outside the suitcase,
to transport their illegal wares
to transport their illegal wares
in recent years.
Inventive traffickers have been using anything, from dolls to canned
pineapples to water barrels and printer cartridges, to smuggle narcotics around the world.
Inventive traffickers have been using anything, from dolls to canned
pineapples to water barrels and printer cartridges, to smuggle narcotics around the world.
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