Authorities: Traveler At JFK Airport Found Carrying $87K Worth Of Cocaine
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) - Authorities allege a passenger arriving at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport was carrying about $87,000 worth of cocaine.
Jerrita Baker, 31, of Columbus, Ohio, faces narcotics smuggling charges, U.S. Customs said Wednesday.
She was arrested after a K-9 named Fenja alerted her handler to a suspicious suitcase on Sunday.
Baker is being prosecuted by the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn.
Information on her attorney was not immediately available.
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