TSA discovers suspected cocaine worth $27,750 hidden in coffee container at airport
Authorities discovered nearly $28,000 worth of suspected cocaine stashed inside a coffee container in a man's luggage on Nov.
Key points
- Keith Jeffries, a Florida-based vice president of K2 Security Screening Group and former federal security director for TSA at Los Angeles International Airport, previously told Fox News Digital that travelers should not attempt to sneak prohibited items through airport security.
- In another incident at Tampa International Airport, a TSA officer noticed something unusual about a baseball bat-shaped flashlight while screening a passenger's carry-on bag.
- BIZARRE X-RAY SCAN LEADS TSA OFFICERS TO FLIGHT PASSENGER'S ILLEGAL STASH Investigators with the Anchorage Airport Interdiction Team responded at about 6:55 a.m.
Fox News Digital previously reported that TSA officers at New York's Watertown International Airport spotted something suspicious on an X-ray that turned out to be a spent M18 smoke grenade hidden inside an aerosol container in a passenger's carry-on bag.
Additional details
- The substance had a gross weight of about 185 grams, or less than half a pound, and field-tested positive for cocaine, according to the department.
- Authorities estimated the drugs would have a street value of $27,750 in the northwestern Alaska communities of Kotzebue and Selawik.
- The discovery comes after a number of other unusual items have been flagged recently during airport security screenings.
- What looked like a routine morning brew turned into a major drug bust at an Alaska airport recently.
- The man, Walter Berry, was contacted at the departure gate as he prepared to board a flight from Anchorage to Kotzebue, officials said.
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