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Aug 14, 2000

Woman arrested at airport for drug export

Police put another suspected criminal behind bars this weekend, this time for attempting to export drugs. Twenty-year old Moradeke Andanike Olateju a British National residing in Nigeria, was stopped by security personnel on Saturday at the Philip Goldson International Airport as she was about to board a Continental Airlines flight for Houston. A search revealed a ziplock bag containing over two thirds of a pound of heroin concealed as seasoning. Today in Belize City Magistrate’s Court Olateju was charged with attempting to export controlled drugs, drug possession and trafficking.


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