TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – A man has admitted smuggling chocolate-covered heroin on a flight from Guatemala to Newark Liberty International Airport.
Jacobo Orellana-Estrada on Thursday pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
Prosecutors say the Guatemalan citizen arrived in Newark on a flight in June and Customs officers discovered what appeared to be six small layer cakes in his luggage. The cakes turned out to be packages of heroin coated in chocolate.
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