CINCINNATI, Ohio – A drug dog from US customs alerted authorities to a shipment of breakfast cereals that were frozen with cocaine instead of sugar.
Federal authorities confiscated 44 pounds. of cocaine disguised as sugar in frozen corn flakes in Cincinnati last Saturday.
RELATED: $ 1 Million in Medicines Marked with Biological Risk of ‘Coronavirus’, ‘Black Mamba’ Seized by the DEA in New York
US Customs and Border Protection agents said the market value was $ 2.8 million.
The shipment originated in Peru and was on its way to a private residence in Hong Kong before being seized by American authorities.
RELATED: Coast Guard Seizes 18,000 Pounds of Suspected Cocaine Worth an Estimated $ 312 Million
Cincinnati port director Richard Gillespie said that smugglers now hide narcotics in almost everything.
Report a correction or typo