//Customs agents find $478,000 worth of cocaine hidden in shipment of shoes

Customs agents find $478,000 worth of cocaine hidden in shipment of shoes

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Cincinnati seized $478,000 worth of cocaine hidden in a shipment of women’s shoes.The shipment was moving through a Cincinnati express consignment facility when officers discovered 21 pounds of cocaine.Officers were searching incoming freight from Bogota, Colombia, during routine operations, when Narcotics Detector Dog Betty alerted officers to a shipment labeled as “shoes.” Officers X-rayed the package, which appeared