Feds target BWI international cocaine ring

Published February 6, 2009 5:00am ET



Federal prosecutors are accusing a Salvadoran man of trying to sneak more than 14 pounds of cocaine disguised as dried soup in luggage through Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

The bust is another blow to Maryland cocaine dealers who rely on the state’s only international airport to restock their dwindling supplies, said U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein.

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