Police: Haitian Teen Had Drugs in Shoes at Ft. Lauderdale Airport
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (AP) -- Authorities say a 15-year-old Haitian girl has been arrested for trying to smuggle six and a half pounds of cocaine through customs at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
According to the Broward County Sheriff's Office the drugs were found inside three pairs of shoes yesterday afternoon. Detectives think the girl's parents may have used her to smuggle the cocaine. It's not clear if she was traveling alone or with her parents.
The unidentified girl is charged with trafficking cocaine.
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Girl, 15, charged with smuggling cocaine in shoes from Haiti
By Sofia Santana
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
August 8, 2006, 10:24 PM EDT
A 15-year-old girl from Haiti tried to smuggle six and a half pounds of cocaine through customs at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Tuesday afternoon, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.
The girl, who flew in on American Airlines flight 1988 from Port-au-Prince, has been charged with trafficking cocaine.
Detectives, who think the girl's parents used her to smuggle the drugs, found the cocaine inside three pairs of shoes, said sheriff's spokesman Hugh Graf.
The amount investigators found is equal to about three "kilos."
The girl's identity was not disclosed.
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