U.S. border authorities have arrested a man at the Newark Liberty International Airport for trying to smuggle 18 pounds of heroin into the United States from Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n
Alfred Battle, a United States citizen, was arrested in New York this week after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered that his duffle bags had two “false bottoms<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Battle, a 60-year-old resident of Ohio, was attempting to pass through customs when officials noticed that his bags were heavier than usual.<\/p>\n After being escorted to a private search room, officials assessed the content of his bags. The hidden compartments and a light brown substance that later tested positive for heroin was discovered in the bags.<\/p>\n Authorities estimate that the 18 pounds of heroin that was seized from Battle has a value of $512,000.<\/p>\n “This latest seizure demonstrates the vigilance of our CBP officers and their excellence in detecting those who attempt to smuggle these illegal substances,” said Robert E. Perez, a Field Operations Director in New York.<\/p>\n Battle has since been charged with possession of a controlled and dangerous substance, and distribution of heroin, CBP spokesman Joe Pentangelo said.<\/p>\n A $350,000 bail<\/a> with no 10 percent option has been set for his release from the Essex County jail where he is currently being held,” New Jersey.com reported.<\/p>\n Battle’s preliminary court appearance has been scheduled for Aug.2.<\/p>\n Photo by Colm MacCarthalgh<\/a>\/CC BY-NC<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" U.S. border authorities have arrested a man at the Newark Liberty International Airport for trying to smuggle 18 pounds of heroin into the United States from Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Alfred Battle, a United States citizen, was arrested in New…<\/span> Read more ›<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":10550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[44,2860,1],"tags":[4885,4967,4886,284],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/U.S.-Man-Arrested-at-Newark-Airport-for-Attempting-to-Smuggle-18-Pounds-of-Heroin-From-Ethiopia.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10549"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10551,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10549\/revisions\/10551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}