Authorities seize cocaine smuggled as arch supports in boots
by David Pescovitz from on (#562JE)
Talk about marching powder... U.S.Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted 21 pounds of cocaine hidden in the arches of boots on their way from Bogota, Colombia to Haverstraw, New York. A drug dog named Betty sniffed out the contraband on a train as it passed through Cincinnati, Ohio.
"After examining the package, officers noticed thick arch supports inside the boots," according to Cincinnati.com.
The cocaine is apparently worth almost half-a-million dollars. Those boots were made for running.
(Thanks Charles Pescovitz!)