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Article: Infants used in drug smuggling.
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- United Press International
- Article date:
- December 14, 2001
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CHICAGO, Dec 14, 2001
Thirty-five people were indicted Friday in an alleged drug smuggling ring in which parents rented out their infants to couriers, U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said.
The drugs were smuggled in cans of baby formula.
"This is a new low in drug smuggling in and out of the United States -- using infants as cover," Fitzgerald told a news conference.
The indictments allege the parents were paid in cash or drugs for loaning out their babies.
"To me, being a parent, using a child for drug smuggling is about the most despicable thing you can do," said Elissa A. Brown, special agent-in-charge for the U.S. ...