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CINCINNATI (AP):
Customs officials say they seized more than 22 kilograms<span style="font-weight: bold"> (50 pounds) of marijuana from inside a tombstone being shipped from Jamaica to England through Cincinnati</span>.
US Customs and Border Protection officers made the discovery, with help from a narcotics detection dog at the Cincinnati DHL Express hub, at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Officers questioned last week why someone would ship a tombstone from Kingston, Jamaica, to London. An X-ray machine revealed packages of the drug in a metal box, wrapped in metal mesh and hidden inside the hollowed-out concrete marker.
The stone bears the name of 35-year-old Delroy Senior. Part of its inscription reads, "your place no one can fill."
Authorities estimate the marijuana's street value at about $52,000. They have no suspects.
Customs officials say they seized more than 22 kilograms<span style="font-weight: bold"> (50 pounds) of marijuana from inside a tombstone being shipped from Jamaica to England through Cincinnati</span>.
US Customs and Border Protection officers made the discovery, with help from a narcotics detection dog at the Cincinnati DHL Express hub, at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Officers questioned last week why someone would ship a tombstone from Kingston, Jamaica, to London. An X-ray machine revealed packages of the drug in a metal box, wrapped in metal mesh and hidden inside the hollowed-out concrete marker.
The stone bears the name of 35-year-old Delroy Senior. Part of its inscription reads, "your place no one can fill."
Authorities estimate the marijuana's street value at about $52,000. They have no suspects.