A food courier arriving at JFK Airport from Mexico was busted with a $60,000 stash of fentanyl “capable of causing considerable overdoses” that he’d bizarrely hidden inside three candles, customs o…
A food courier arriving at JFK Airport from Mexico was busted with a $60,000 stash of fentanyl “capable of causing considerable overdoses” that he’d bizarrely hidden inside three candles, customs officials said Wednesday.
The specialists were X-raying his bags when they made an unexpected find – three cylindrical objects that appeared to have “anomalies” in their center, authorities said. Once removed, the probe was covered with white powder – which later tested positive for fentanyl, authorities said. In photos released by the agency, one of the black candles has a label reading, “Muerte Negra,” Spanish for “Black Death.”
“Fentanyl poses a significant threat to our nation, as it is oftentimes added to other substances that can have deadly consequences,” Francis J. Russo, Director of CBP’s New York Field Operations, said in a statement.
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