CINCINNATI — Cocaine can be deadly, but someone took the connection to a new level.
On Jan. 24, Freddy, a drug-detecting dog with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, was working in Cincinnati at an express consignment when he alerted inspectors to a package from Canada marked "decorative tombstone."
An X-ray showed inconsistencies, so the inspectors opened it up and found a tombstone made of a resin-like material. The back of the stone was easily removable, and officers found the stone was hollow and packed with a white powder.
The powder tested positive for cocaine.
Customs officials said they recently found other shipments of cocaine smuggled in documents, piston heads, and wheels.
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