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Eight tightly wrapped packages of cocaine and marijuana were found aboard an Air Jamaica flight Sunday night.
Eight tightly wrapped packages of cocaine and marijuana were found aboard an Air Jamaica flight Sunday night.
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Posted on Wed, Jul. 2, 2008


Coke and dope found on Phila. bound flight

By Sam Wood

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

A crew member aboard an Air Jamaica flight bound for Philadelphia discovered nine pounds of cocaine and marijuana hidden in the aircraft's galley, officials said.

The stash was found Sunday on a flight that originated in Kingston before landing about 9:30 p.m. at Philadelphia International Airport.

Five pounds of cocaine and four-and-a-half pounds of marijuana, wrapped tightly in brown tape and divided into eight packages, were concealed inside a catering cart, said Steve Sapp, spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The drugs, worth about $44,000, were seized by federal agents and will be destroyed, Sapp said. Agents have made no arrests.

Contact staff writer Sam Wood at 215-854-2796 or at samwood@phillynews.com.

 

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