Yvonne Owusu, 26, pleaded guilty in federal court in Alexandria to importing heroin, saying that she was offered $15,000 to bring the drug in a suitcase to the United States through Washington Dulles International Airport.

Officials found about 3.3 kilograms — about 7.3 pounds — of heroin in her luggage, court documents say. Federal prosecutors say Owusu was working for a Ghana-based heroin-smuggling ring that targeted the mid-Atlantic region by having couriers fly into Dulles with drug-lined suitcases.

Eight people, including those identified by authorities as the ring’s leaders, have been indicted.

1 killed in Montgomery County crash

One person was killed in a Sandy Spring-area crash on Thursday morning.

A sport utility vehicle and a landscaping truck were involved in the crash on New Hampshire Avenue near Ednor Road at about 7:15 a.m., Montgomery County police said.

Police said the SUV was traveling north on New Hampshire Avenue and crossed into the southbound lanes, colliding with the landscaping truck. The SUV driver, who was not identified, was killed.

The circumstances of the crash are still under investigation.

The truck driver, 48-year-old Ermes Canales, of Silver Spring, was not injured. A passenger, 65-year-old Evaristo Tabraj, of Rockville, was also unharmed.

– Emily Babay