Feds: Cocaine Worth $450,000 Seized From Wheelchair Wheels

Feds: Cocaine Worth $450,000 Seized From Wheelchair Wheels
Cocaine was seized by customs officers from a traveler who was smuggling the drugs in the wheels of her wheelchair at New York's Kennedy International Airport on Nov. 10, 2022. U. S. Customs and Border Protection via AP
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NEW YORK—Customs officers at New York’s Kennedy International Airport seized $450,000 worth of cocaine from a traveler who was smuggling the drugs in the wheels of her wheelchair, federal authorities announced.

The bust happened Nov. 10 when Customs and Border Patrol officers stopped a woman traveling from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic with a wheelchair whose wheels weren’t turning, agency officials said.