Cancun, Q.R. — A woman heading for a flight to France was taken into custody at the Cancun International Airport. The woman was arrested as she was boarding after National Guard found 26 kilos of cocaine in her luggage.
The Security Cabinet (Gabinete de Seguridad) of the Government of Mexico announced the arrest that took place March 25. Her arrest, they said, was part of the ongoing drug battle by the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) in operations under the National Security Strategy.
The woman, of unidentified nationality, was found transporting 27 packages of wrapped cocaine in her luggage. Authorities reported the total weight was 26 kilos with a value of 6.2 million pesos. According to the report by the Security Cabinet, her luggage had already made it on the plane when the drugs were discovered. She was taken into custody as just before boarding.
“In Benito Juárez, National Guard and Customs officers inspected a suitcase on a plane bound for France and detained a woman. They seized 26 kilos of cocaine in 27 packages. The cost of the seized drugs is 6.2 million pesos,” the Gabinete de Seguridad reported Wednesday.
“In coordinated actions by the Security Cabinet, National Guard and Customs officers arrested a woman who was found to have 26 kilos of cocaine in 27 packages. The value of the seized drugs is 6.2 million pesos,” the SSPC (Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana) confirmed.
Earlier this month, an airline baggage handler that worked at the Cancun airport was arrested and charged with transporting narcotics. Baggage handler Dilan “G” was arrested by National Guard after they located two suitcases containing 46 kilos of cocaine during an inspection inside Terminal 4. Police did not elaborate on if Dilan “G” was part of an inside trafficking organization or if it was an isolated incident.
