Women arrested with drugs worth $3 million in luggage: Chicago police

[May 11, 2016]  (Reuters) - Three women were arrested at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport with more than $3 million of heroin and opium in their luggage, and were due to appear in court for a bond hearing on Wednesday, police said.

 

The three - Pa Yang, 57, Mai Vue Vang, 58, True Thao, 52, all from Minnesota - had arrived on Tuesday on a flight from Japan, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement.

The women's luggage contained 70 pounds (32 kg) of heroin and opium in numerous packets, police said. The women face felony drug charges, they added.

(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee)

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