Cocaine soup trafficker indicted on drug charges

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A federal grand jury has indicted a Pennsylvania man accused of smuggling cocaine in soup cans on drug trafficking charges.

Jose Acevedo, 41, was stopped at Washington Dulles International Airport in June after a customs canine smelled drugs. He was indicted Wednesday on charges of importing and possessing cocaine and conspiracy to import and distribute the drug.

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