By Inside Edition Staff
First Published: 1:50 PM PDT, May 5, 2021
The seized cocaine weighed approximately three pounds, with a street value estimated at $40,000, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection news release said.
A 21-year-old woman was taken into police custody at an Atlanta airport for allegedly attempting to smuggle three pounds of cocaine inside the soles of seven pairs of shoes, officials said Tuesday.
The woman, who remains unidentified, was flying from Jamaica on Sunday into Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International airport, a news release from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. Shoes are made for walking and not smuggling narcotics, the release said.
New York s JetBlue Airways and Qatar Airways have announced plans to expand their existing codeshare partnership, offering customers more connecting options on flights between the US, Africa and Asia.
As part of the expanded codeshare, JetBlue’s “B6” code will be applied on nine routes operated by Qatar between its main hub at Doha Hamad International (DOH) and Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International (ATL); Boston Logan (BOS); Chicago O’Hare (ORD); Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW); Houston Bush Intercontinental (IAH); Miami International (MIA); New York (JFK); Philadelphia International (PHL) and Washington Dulles (IAD) airports.
JetBlue’s code will also be placed on seven additional routes operated by Qatar beyond DOH to Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The added destinations include Amman, Jordan’s Queen Alia International (AMM); Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur International (KUL); Maldives’ Male International (MLE); Oman’s Muscat (MCT) and Salalah Internationa
Police were dispatched to a home along Pine Grove Road late Feb. 23 after an armed robber ambushed three Lyft riders being dropped off at the residence.
Monique Russell Launched in the midst of a global pandemic, and high tensions of division, the first-ever Black cultural unity podcast called
Bridge to U unites Black people worldwide. Available on Apple Podcasts,
Bridge to U creates a safe space to have honest & constructive conversations on a number of oftentimes polarizing topics within the global Black community.
The host, Executive Communications coach and speaker, Monique Russell, asks guests questions out of curiosity and not judgment because she believes that offering guests a space to share their experiences or explain their perspectives is the first step in understanding each other.
Bridge to U uses curiosity and understanding as tools to build a bridge not a wall between each other and Black unity.