According to a native information station in Houston, Texas, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Galveston discovered medicine whereas performing a baggage examination of a cruise passenger following the return of a cruise ship to the Port of Galveston Cruise Port on April twentieth.
While checking the bags, CBP officers reportedly discovered a number of vape pens with marijuana THC and a number of other prescription capsule bottles. Two of the bottles reportedly contained a powdery substance which examined optimistic for fentanyl and heroin, based on a press launch by CBP.
Another native information station in Houston reported that the cruise passenger was apprehended with greater than 70 grams of heroin blended with fentanyl and almost 100 grams of THC vape oil, based on CBP officers.
CBP caption: Heroin and fentanyl have been seized from a cruise passenger in Galveston on Sunday, April twentieth.
CBP didn’t launch the identify of the passenger arrested. USA Today reported that the passenger, a 63-year-old U.S. citizen, was turned over to native authorities after he was arrested. The Port of Galveston Police Department recognized the person as a resident of Henderson, Texas who was charged with possession of a managed substance, a second-degree felony.
Although USA Today determined to not determine the passenger, a evaluation of a database displaying the identification of individuals arrested final Sunday by the Galveston Police Department, indicated that one 63-year-old man was arrested on the port of Galveston for possession of medication. Jeffrey Don Conkey, age 63, was recognized within the on-line database. A search of his identify revealed that the Galveston County Daily News coated the drug arrest in additional element than all different newspapers. It confirmed that Conkey, of Henderson, Texas was getting back from a cruise to Mexico when “federal law officers reported finding 2.5 ounces (over 70 grams) of heroin mixed with fentanyl, and 3.4 ounces (over 95 grams) of THC vape oil in his luggage Sunday at the Port of Galveston.”
“Conkey, a passenger on a Royal Caribbean ship, was picked for a more detailed than usual screening because he had been ‘encountered for bringing marijuana through a border crossing back in 2018,’ according to a probable cause affidavit.”
Conkey was booked within the Galveston County Jail and later launched after he posted a $75,000 bond.
The CBP didn’t determine the identify of the cruise ship the place the particular person disembarked. However, the one cruise ship to reach on the port of Galveston on Sunday, April twentieth was Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas which returned from a seven day cruise to Roatan, Honduras and Costa Maya, Mexico. It isn’t uncommon for federal legislation enforcement to not disclose the identify of the cruise ship to keep away from inflicting embarrassment to the cruise line.
According to the CDC and the CBP, artificial opioids like fentanyl are the first reason for overdose deaths within the United States.
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Image credit score: Drugs – CBP press launch through KHOU 11 (Houston); CBP press launch; Jeffrey Don Conkey – Busted Newspaper; Harmony of the Seas – Kees Tom commons / wikimedia; Harmony of the Seas at Galveston port – Houston Public Media.