A North Carolina passenger was busted big time after trying to conceal 23 pounds of cocaine in his electric wheelchair.
Alexander Lopez-Morel, 22, is accused of trying to hide 23 pounds of cocaine inside his wheelchair upon his arrival at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. He was coming in from the Dominican Republic on Thursday, according to US Customs and Border Patrol.
The substance that was found stuffed in the wheelchair’s cushions tested positive for cocaine in a field test, the New York Post reported.
A total of four packages containing the cocaine were retrieved, and the drugs had an estimated street value of $378.000.00, CBP said.
Lopez-Morel was arrested and charged with felony cocaine trafficking.
As for the wheelchair, it was handed over for investigation to Homeland Security Investigations special agents, Queen City’s Border Enforcement Security Team, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
