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Nigerian Suspected Of Heroin Smuggling Attempt
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Date: June 16, 2011 01:01PM
Nigerian Suspected Of Heroin Smuggling Attempt
Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 3:45 pm | Updated: 1:11 pm, Wed Jun 15, 2011.
http://www.leesburg2day.com/public_safety/crime/article_03f361a2-9772-11e0-9b5b-001cc4c002e0.html
Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 54-year-old Nigerian Saturday at Dulles Airport on allegations that he attempted to smuggle heroin in his digestive tract.
CBP officers became suspicious during an interview with Rasheed Adewale Martins after he arrived Wednesday from Paris. An X-ray found the presence of foreign objects inside Martins' body. By Firday, Martins had passed 97 thumb-sized pellets that field-tested positive for heroin. The pellets had a combined weight of 1431.6 grams and an approximate street value of about $100,000.
CBP officers arrested Martins and turned him and the heroin over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations agents, who are investigating this case.
"This arrest and seizure significantly illustrates how Customs and Border Protection officers blend training and experience with non-intrusive inspection technologies to successfully intercept a narcotics smuggling attempt," Christopher Hess, CBP Port Director for the Port of Washington, DC, said in a statement announcing the arrest. "CBP employees take very serious our mission to protect American citizens against things that could cause our families, friends and neighbors harm, including dangerous narcotics."
The arrest comes nearly three months after Dulles CBP officers arrested two Nigerians on drug smuggling charges just a week apart. Edobor Okenwa, 45, of Lagos, Nigeria was arrested March 25 and Yomade Aborishade, 46, also of Lagos, was arrested on April 3 after each man expelled 88 and 100 pellets of heroin, respectively. The combined weighed was about 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and had an approximate street value of about $250,000.
Ingesting narcotics pellets for smuggling is a high-risk proposition for the carrier. It can lead to incarceration when they are caught, and lead to an almost certain and painful overdose should a pellet breach inside a carrier's intestines.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 3:45 pm | Updated: 1:11 pm, Wed Jun 15, 2011.
http://www.leesburg2day.com/public_safety/crime/article_03f361a2-9772-11e0-9b5b-001cc4c002e0.html
Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 54-year-old Nigerian Saturday at Dulles Airport on allegations that he attempted to smuggle heroin in his digestive tract.
CBP officers became suspicious during an interview with Rasheed Adewale Martins after he arrived Wednesday from Paris. An X-ray found the presence of foreign objects inside Martins' body. By Firday, Martins had passed 97 thumb-sized pellets that field-tested positive for heroin. The pellets had a combined weight of 1431.6 grams and an approximate street value of about $100,000.
CBP officers arrested Martins and turned him and the heroin over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations agents, who are investigating this case.
"This arrest and seizure significantly illustrates how Customs and Border Protection officers blend training and experience with non-intrusive inspection technologies to successfully intercept a narcotics smuggling attempt," Christopher Hess, CBP Port Director for the Port of Washington, DC, said in a statement announcing the arrest. "CBP employees take very serious our mission to protect American citizens against things that could cause our families, friends and neighbors harm, including dangerous narcotics."
The arrest comes nearly three months after Dulles CBP officers arrested two Nigerians on drug smuggling charges just a week apart. Edobor Okenwa, 45, of Lagos, Nigeria was arrested March 25 and Yomade Aborishade, 46, also of Lagos, was arrested on April 3 after each man expelled 88 and 100 pellets of heroin, respectively. The combined weighed was about 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and had an approximate street value of about $250,000.
Ingesting narcotics pellets for smuggling is a high-risk proposition for the carrier. It can lead to incarceration when they are caught, and lead to an almost certain and painful overdose should a pellet breach inside a carrier's intestines.
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