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CINCINNATI, Ohio — On Saturday, Cincinnati Customs and Border Patrol officers seized 44 pounds of corn flakes coated with cocaine, a shipment which could have a street value of up to $2.8 million.
According to a news release Friday, CBP Narcotic Detector Dog Bico was working freight from Peru coming into Cincinnati when he alerted officers to a large shipment of cereal bound for a Hong Kong residence.
That's not Frosted Flakes—CBP K9 "Bico" sniffed out 44lbs of cocaine in a shipment of cereal originating from South America.
Officers opened the box and discovered the cereal contained white powder, and the flakes were coated with a "grayish substance." Upon testing the flakes and powder, CBP officers found the "frosted" flakes contained cocaine.
Cincinnati Port Director Richard Gillespie said smugglers will hide narcotics in "anything imaginable," even in cereal.