[Shadow_Group] Fw: Liquid Heroin Found in Fruit Juice Boxes

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Liquid Heroin Found in Fruit Juice Boxes
 
 
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Nov 3, 8:01 PM (ET)


MIAMI (AP) - Nearly 100 fruit juice boxes containing liquid heroin were
intercepted Wednesday in a shipment from Colombia, federal officials
said.

The juice boxes were part of a private shipment that wasn't destined for
the United States food supply, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents
said. The juice would be deadly if consumed.

The 6-ounce boxes, labeled "Hit Fruit Drink," contained a total of 38
kilograms, or about 84 pounds, of heroin worth $1.7 million.

Customs agents said the juice was initially bought from a grocery store
in Colombia, then emptied and refilled with heroin. The shipment was
relabeled and five pallets of boxes were shipped alongside pallets of
legitimate juice boxes, the agents said.

The pallets were intercepted at an undisclosed location in Miami and
federal agents are working to track the drug dealers responsible, customs
agents said.

In 1990, a 25-year-old man died after drinking a cocaine-laced Colombian
soft drink that was part of a drug smuggling scheme. It went awry when
burglars broke into a warehouse, stole cases of the drink not knowing
what they contained, and sold them to local grocers.

The FBI discovered at least 45 contaminated bottles of Pony Malta, some
on store shelves.

 
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