Returning to New York's JFK on a JetBlue flight from the Dominican Republic, Priscilla Pena and Michelle Blassingale were relying on the cocaine girdles to give off a natural appearance.
A drug-sniffing Customs dog alerted agents to contraband on Priscilla Pena and Michelle Blassingale, but a search of their luggage yielded nothing. While she was being questioned, Pena "appeared to be very nervous," and during a subsequent pat-down, a CBP Officer "noticed a hard object near Pena's waist and buttocks."
Blassingale is being held in jail by a Brooklyn federal judge and Pena has been released on a $150,000 bail bond according to the New York Post.
Cocaine Pellets and Pants (Credit: U. S. Customs & Border Protection)