Hartsfield-Jackson Customs and Border Protection find $450,000 worth of cocaine in woman's luggage

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said they found Fourteen bags of cocaine in a woman’s baggage when she arrived at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson Inteational Airport this weekend.

The woman was traveling from Lima, Peru and was chosen for a secondary security examination. During the inspection, officers found a white powdery substance hidden in purses, jackets and llama skins.

Agents tested the substance and it tested positive for cocaine.

The total weight of the cocaine was 14.4 pounds and had a street value of about $450,000, CPB said.

”This cocaine seizure is an excellent example of the persistence displayed by our Customs and Border Protection Officers and Agriculture Specialist to detect unique concealment methods, and to intercept dangerous drugs at our nation’s ports of entry, ” said Devin Chamberlain, CBP’s Acting Port Director for the Port of Atlanta. ”Narcotics interdiction remains a priority CBP enforcement mission, one that we take very seriously.

The woman was tued over to the Clayton County Police Department to face local charges.