Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Customs officers find drugs smuggled in tombstone

Customs officials in the United States have seized more than 50 pounds (22 kgs) of marijuana from inside a tombstone. The tombstone was being shipped from Jamaica to England, through Cincinnati in the United States.

US Customs and Border Protection officers made the discovery with help from a narcotics detection dog at the Cincinnati DHL Express hub at the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport.



Officers questioned last week why someone would ship a tombstone from Kingston, Jamaica, to London. An X-ray machine revealed packages of the drug in a metal box, wrapped in metal mesh and hidden inside the hollowed-out concrete marker.

The stone bears the name of 35-year-old Delroy Senior. Part of its inscription reads, "your place no one can fill." Authorities estimate the marijuana's street value at about £34,000. They have no suspects.

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