The boxes said ‘flowers red roses.’ Estimated value of what was inside: $702,500
The pallets with a manifest claiming “flowers red roses” massaged some noses at Rafael Hernandez International Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
It wasn’t the smell of a flower that Shakespeare wrote by any other name would not be as sweet. The noses belonged to Customs and Border Protection K9 officers. The package was from Colombia.
Inside: 26 bricks of cocaine, weighing 28.1 kilograms (61.82 pounds). That much cocaine goes for $702,500 in Puerto Rico (exactly $25 per gram), according to Customs and at least $1,545,500 in Miami ($55 per gram), according to Narcotics News.
David J. Neal
Miami Herald