Group Busted Allegedly Smuggling Cocaine in Children’s Lunchboxes

Group Busted Allegedly Smuggling Cocaine in Children’s Lunchboxes
A children's lunchbox allegedly used to smuggle cocaine. USPIS/NYDETF
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Five people have been charged in New York for allegedly smuggling cocaine in children’s lunchboxes and school binders depicting “images of popular cartoon characters,” authorities announced on Oct. 27.

New York’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor is alleging that the group “shipped numerous packages containing cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York and Massachusetts” between May 2020 and July 2021, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) statement.
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