Food courier caught with $60K fentanyl stash hidden in candles at JFK
A food courier arriving at JFK Airport from Mexico was busted with a $60,000 stash of fentanyl “capable of causing considerable overdoses” that he’d bizarrely hidden inside three candles, customs officials said Wednesday.
Eulalio Gomez-Zuniga, a US citizen, arrived on a flight from Mexico City on Sunday and had his belongings inspected by Customs and Borders Protection agriculture specialists, officials said.
The specialists were X-raying his bags when they made an unexpected find – three cylindrical objects that appeared to have “anomalies” in their center, authorities said.
They ultimately determined that the items were candles and inserted a probe into one of them, assisted by customs officers, according to the feds.
Once removed, the probe was covered with white powder – which later tested positive for fentanyl, authorities said.
In total, about 2.5 pounds of fentanyl were seized, with an estimated street value of $60,000.
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