Man Arrested at VA Airport with Juice Boxes of Heroin
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Updated: 5:07 PM Dec 21, 2009
Man Arrested at VA Airport with Juice Boxes of Heroin
CHANTILLY, Va. (AP)
Customs officials say a man arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport from Guatemala was carrying more 11 pounds of heroin hidden inside juice boxes.
Posted: 12:00 AM Dec 22, 2009
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Customs officials say a man arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport from Guatemala was carrying more 11 pounds of heroin hidden inside juice boxes.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent said in a sworn statement that the heroin has a value of up to $600,000 on the streets of Washington.

Court documents state Emmanuel Rios was traveling on a U.S. passport when he flew from Guatemala to Dulles on a TACA Airline flight December 13 and was selected for a routine inspection by a border patrol officer.

Inside Rios' luggage, the officer found 24 juice boxes bundled together, but could feel that there wasn't juice inside. Instead, court documents state, a light-brown powdery substance wrapped in a condom was inside.

Rios' attorney, Douglas Steinberg, declined to comment.

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