Officials at Airport Seize Cocaine Stashed in Wheelchair

Officials at Airport Seize Cocaine Stashed in Wheelchair
The Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) in Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 13, 2019. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Federal authorities say a man has been arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, after he was stopped in the city’s airport with more than 23 pounds of cocaine concealed in the seat cushions of a motorized wheelchair.

U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers encountered the traveler as he was arriving at Charlotte Douglas International Airport from the Dominican Republic this week, according to a Friday news release.