Juan Carlos Galan Luperon was caught by US Customs officials with $178,000 of cocaine strapped to his legs. Photo / Twitter
A US citizen who returned to New York with 10 pounds of cocaine worth US$164,000 ($236,000) in his pants was arrested last week.
The absurd image obtained shows the cocaine strapped to the Juan Carlos Galan Luperon's legs.
Luperon was returning to the US from the Dominican Republic via John
F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
US Customs and Border Protection said Luperon was nervous and "bursting out of his pants", which "appeared to be rather snug".
He was taken to a private search room where the packages taped to his body almost looked like leg casts.
