Atlanta – United States Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Atlanta arrested a Dominican Republic national attempting to smuggle illicit drugs into the United States recently.
Yesterday, Julio Alejandro Almonte, a 28-year-old citizen of the Dominican Republic, arrived at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Almonte was selected by CBP officers for a secondary examination. During the examination, CBP officers discovered several wooden clothes hangers in Almonte’s baggage. The wooden hangers were x-rayed and all exhibited an anomaly. Upon further examination, an estimated seven pounds of cocaine was discovered. The exact weight of the cocaine will not be determined until it is extracted from the hangers.
The cocaine and Almonte were turned over to the Clayton County Drug Task Force. Almonte is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and is pending deportation proceedings once his criminal proceedings are completed.
“This concealment method shows the extent narcotic smugglers go to try and evade detection,” said Stephen Kremer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection area port director in Atlanta. “This discovery is an excellent example of how CBP officers are preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the U.S. while also protecting the people of the U.S. from illicit drugs entering our country.”
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