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Seven bricks of
the drug, with a street value of at least $200,000, were
discovered on Sunday night at the carrier's maintenance base in
Tulsa, the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook
post.
"A technician went to check the electronics bay ... and some of
the insulation looked new. He moved it and saw one of the
bricks," the sheriff said.
The flight, a Boeing 757, originated in Bogota, and landed in
Miami. It was sent on to Tulsa for maintenance checks because
the base in Miami was too busy, the sheriff said.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating the
incident, the sheriff said.
No one from the airline was immediately available for comment.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; editing by John
Stonestreet)
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