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Heroin found in boots of bus passenger in Laredo
08:25 AM CST on Thursday, February 28, 2008
LAREDO, Texas—These boots weren’t made for walking.
Customs agents at a Laredo port of entry found nearly two pounds of heroin hidden in the soles of boots in the luggage of a commercial bus passenger.
Authorities say the heroin is worth about $170,000.
The bust happened Tuesday afternoon as the man on the bus was
selected for a secondary inspection.
An imaging system noted something unusual within the boots.
Officers arrested 40-year-old Jose Angel Romero of Fort Worth on federal drug charges.
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