Long-Haul Crime Log EP08 Cocaine cornflakes shipment no match for a dog named Bico
On Feb. 13, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Cincinnati were checking a shipment of corn flakes from Peru, when suddenly Bico, a narcotics K-9, alerted agents that something was amiss. The corn flakes were frosted with something else besides sugar – they were coated with cocaine. In all, agents would find about 44 pounds of cocaine-coated corn flakes, worth about $2.8 million. Long-Haul Crime Log tells the story of how the cocaine ‘frosted’ corn flakes were shipped from Peru, en route to Hong Kong, and seized in Cincinnati. The story involves international cargo carriers, express…
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