Woman arrested at airport 'trying to smuggle £7,000 worth of cocaine hidden in her vagina'

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Package: This was the cocaine ball, wrapped in duct tape that was reportedly found

A woman was arrested at an airport for allegedly trying to smuggle £7,000 worth of cocaine by hiding it in her vagina.
Shekira Thompson was caught with a half-pound package of the white powder, worth $10,000, inserted into her private area on Sunday as she returned to New York from a trip to her native Jamaica, police say.

During a routine screening at about 1pm, US Customs police at JFK Airport pulled her aside after noticing she was sweating profusely, said a law enforcement source.
Thompson, who lives in Springfield Gardens in Queens, New York, was brought to a private search room where she admitted to hiding the drugs.


The 24-year-old produced an oval-shaped ball, wrapped in brown duct tape, containing about 255.5 grams of cocaine, according to authorities.

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Arrested: Shekira Thompson was stopped at the major New York airport

Robert E. Perez, Director of US Customs and Border Protection's New York Field Operations, hailed the bust.
"This seizure is just another example of our CBP officers being ever vigilant in protecting the United States from the distribution of these illicit drugs ," he said.
Thompson was turned over to the Port Authority Police Department, the New York Daily News reports .