STERLING, Va. (WUSA9) -- Customs agents seized more than two pounds of cocaine from a Guatemalan woman at Dulles International Airport on Friday.
The cocaine was hidden inside 20 bottles of capsules marked as various natural medicines, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office. The total weight of the cocaine was a little more than two pounds, four ounces and could have a street value of more than $116,000.
The woman arrived on a flight from El Salvador with her daughter and requested entry as a courier on business, officials said.
"Customs and Border Protection officers at Washington Dulles International Airport have proven to be exceptionally skilled at discovering unique concealment methods, and this seizure is illustrative of that skill," said Wayne Biondi, CBP Port Director for the Port of Washington. "CBP officers remain ever vigilant at intercepting illicit narcotics before they can hurt our families and communities."
CBP agents completed the woman's immigration processing and she returned home with her daughter. She's barred from the U.S. for a minimum of five years, official said.
