Texas man sentenced to 3 years in prison for smuggling cocaine in cheese
CBSN
A Texas man has been sentenced to just over three years in prison after being convicted of smuggling cocaine into the United States by hiding the drug in wheels of cheese.
Aaron Balderrama, 23, told U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers that he had "a couple bags of cheese" in his vehicle as he attempted to enter the United States from Mexico, according to court documents and a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas. The officers noticed four wheels of cheese in Balderrama's car and "proceeded with a secondary inspection," according to the news release.
"Upon inspection it was revealed that the wheels of cheese contained seven bundles of a substance that tested positive for properties of cocaine," the news release said.
