New Orleans, La -
Customs agents checking a shipment of Colombian coffee found nearly a half-ton of cocaine. U.S. Customs officer Troy Simon said Thursday that it was his agency's biggest cocaine find at the Port of New Orleans since more
than two tons turned up in a transformer shipment about 10 years ago.
He said officers opened the shipping container Monday after a gamma scan showed squarish shapes on top of the rounded coffee bags.
On top of hundreds of big brown burlap bags of coffee beans were 15 shiny black duffel bags. U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman Virginia Dabbs says those held 400 packages of cocaine weighing a total of 994 pounds.
The case was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Drug Enforcement Administration; no arrests have been made.
He said officers opened the shipping container Monday after a gamma scan showed squarish shapes on top of the rounded coffee bags.On top of hundreds of big brown burlap bags of coffee beans were 15 shiny black duffel bags. U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman Virginia Dabbs says those held 400 packages of cocaine weighing a total of 994 pounds.
The case was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Drug Enforcement Administration; no arrests have been made.
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