San Juan, P.R. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 0.7 kilograms or 1.54 pounds heroin late yesterday from a U.S. citizen arriving this weekend from La Romana, Dominican Republic.
Ronny
Rincon-Pineyro, 27, arrived Saturday at the Luis Munoz Marin
International Airport on board an American Eagle flight, presenting
himself for inspection by CBP.
Rincon-Pineyro
was referred to secondary inspection, where he was further interviewed
by CBP officers. During the course of the interview by CBP officers,
Rincon-Pineyro admitted that he had swallowed narcotics pellets but did
not know how many or what they contained.
The
defendant was transported to a medical facility where an X-ray was
taken by a certified technician who verified the presence of foreign
objects the digestive tract.
Under
medical supervision, the defendant finalized yesterday the expulsion of
49 pellets of suspected narcotics, which tested positive for heroin.
The
custody of the defendant and the seized narcotics was transferred to
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security
Investigations for further investigation and presentation of criminal
charges.
The U.S. Attorney’s office accepted the case for prosecution.
The estimated street value of the seized heroin is $45,000.
U.S.
Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the
Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and
protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of
entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out
of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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