Smuggler's Cheesy Ploy Foiled

Drug smugglers continue to innovate, but not always so successfully, according to the Border Patrol. Nearly 12 pounds of heroin was being smuggled inside two large blocks of cheese that it had been dissolved in, officials said.

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Smuggler's Cheesy Ploy Foiled

Drug smugglers continue to innovate, but not always so successfully, according to the Border Patrol.

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