Cocaine cookbook seized by US Customs

Racquel Mckenzie

3 years ago

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The US Customs and Border Patrol Agency has seized a cookbook containing 147.6 grams of cocaine from a Trinidad and Tobago address.

The agency highlighted that the shipment was sent to an address in the Little Caribbean neighborhood of New York City.

The seizure took place within the area Port of Memphis, which covers ports of entry in Tennessee and falls under CBP New Orleans Field Office.

CBP said officers found many of the 500 recipes and 32 colored photographs missing, cut out to make room for a rectangular packet of cocaine.

“How was the recipient intending to cook his traditional callaloo, with all the pages cut up and replaced with cocaine,” said Assistant Area Port Director Michael Neipert in a news release.

“Smugglers continue to conceal narcotics and other contraband in myriad ways, which my officers seize over and over every shift,” he added.