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Drug dog alerts Ohio agents to 44 pounds of cocaine-coated corn flakes
Drugs had estimated street value of $2.8M
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(Left) Narcotic Detector Dog Bico (Right) Cocaine coated corn flakes
By: WCPO Staff
and last updated 2021-02-22 10:26:46-05
CINCINNATI, Ohio â Tony the Tiger would not be pleased with these frosted flakes.
On Saturday, Cincinnati Customs and Border Patrol officers seized 44 pounds of corn flakes coated with cocaine, a shipment which could have a street value of up to $2.8 million.
According to a news release Friday, CBP Narcotic Detector Dog Bico was working freight from Peru coming into Cincinnati when he alerted officers to a large shipment of cereal bound for a Hong Kong residence.
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Customs Agents in Cincinnati, Ohio seized a shipment of cereal from South America that was covered in cocaine instead of sugar.
At the center of the bust is Officer Bico, a narcotics detection dog that helped authorities intercept the shipment of corn flakes frosted with about 44 pounds of cocaine. Bico sniffed out the illegal shipment from Peru, on its way to a private residence in Hong Kong.
Authorities say the cereal was covered in white powder and a grayish substance. Tests confirmed that the substance inside the cereal boxes was cocaine.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Cincinnati reported finding 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of cocaine-coated cornflakes that had been shipped from South America.