His sniffing led him to detect packets of heroin taped to each leg of Anna Sprauve, 22, whose flight from Ecuador landed at Dulles at nearly 2 a.m. A subsequent search revealed four additional packets of heroin inside her backpack.
In total, the six packets of heroin weighed 617.8 grams, or about 1.4 pounds – worth an estimated street value of about $44,000. Sprauve was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
“This was a brazen attempt to smuggle dangerous narcotics into the United States, but one that ultimately failed because of our highly trained narcotics detector canine Rex,” said Christopher Hess, CBP [Customs and Border Patrol] Port Director for the Port of Washington. “This seizure significantly illustrates CBP officers’ vigilance to detect bad actors, and to stem the flow of illegal narcotics from reaching our nation’s streets.”
The last narcotics carrier arrested at Dulles International Airport was Hector Anibal Lopez Ardon on May 8, 2009, who allegedly possessed 1,209 grams, or about 2.7 pounds, of cocaine with an estimated street value of $85,000. CBP officers discovered two bricks of cocaine that Lopez Ardon allegedly hid in his trousers, and discovered additional cocaine packets inside a bowl of cheese.
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to b honest im really upset i cant belive she actually did it.
juz think about the family and loved onez she left
behind. can u guezz not judge her for what she has done
bu juz think ov a real reason y she had 2 do it.
tymez r hard and she probably had no other
choice. and i juz hope and prey that she comez home
because im sure her family and loved ones want her home as
so as possible