PITTSBURGH — Customs officers say they found a kilogram of methamphetamine hidden in two large picture frames o🎃f religious artwork. The frames were delivered to a Pittsburgh store from Mexico.
Federal court documents unsealed Friday say that customs officials inte🏅rcepted the package at a shipping facility in Memphis last week and discovered the frames were hollow and contained long black packages filled with white powder.
A Pennsylvania state police trooper working und𝔉ercover as a parcel delivery man allowed the Pittsburgh store owner to sign for the package. Court documents say another man picked it up about four hours later.
That man was arrested.🍃 Carmel Rojas-Perez i🐼s being held without bail on a drug smuggling charge. His federal public defender declined comment.