You wouldn't think it happens much at the Louisville International Airport, but U.S. Customs agents make major smuggling busts here in Kentucky. They are averaging 240 seizures a month just at Louisville International. WAVE 3's Caton Bredar reports on the latest illegal discovery. It's not the size of the bust that's so surprising, it is more the method used to smuggle the drugs via UPS shipments and the lengths smugglers go to, to get them there. Wednesday, U.S. Customs officials at the Louisville's UPS hub seized more than 226 grams of cocaine - nearly half a pound - hidden inside the frame of a child's red bicycle. The shipment was arriving from Venezuela, headed for the country of Guinea when it attracted the attention of inspectors and was tagged for additional x-ray.
According to Gary Halkins, port director of the Customs & Border Patrol, 'it was the routing as well as the commodity, which peaked the officers' curiosity.'
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