CBP officers intercept chocolate-concealed cocaine from Guatemala at Washington DC airport

Customs and Border Protection officers at Washington Dulles International Airport intercepted cocaine concealed in packages of hot chocolate beverage base brought in by a courier from Guatemala.

The cocaine was found in the courier's shipment and weighed about 28 pounds. Though it was found in early October, CBP released the report this week. 

"Federal authorities initially detained the courier; however, authorities released the courier on Tuesday after prosecutors were unable to directly connect the courier to the cocaine," the CBP said in a press release earlier this week.

The shipment was supposed to be sent to an address in northern Virginia, and had a street value of roughly $900,000.

In another food courier shipment from Guatemala, this one in late October, CBP officers seized close to two pounds of heroin concealed in packages of coffee.  

“Drug trafficking organizations continue trying to smuggle their illicit narcotics into the United States, but vigilant Customs and Border Protection officers are relentless in their efforts to intercept these smuggling attempts and to protect our communities from the scourge of dangerous drugs,” Marc E. Calixte, CBP’s Area Port Director for the Area Port of D.C., said. 

"Every day, CBP officers and agents seized an average of 2,339 pounds of dangerous drugs last year at and between our nation’s air, sea, and land ports of entry," according to the CBP release.