A woman was arrested at a New York airport last weekend after she tried to smuggle cocaine in her vagina, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said Friday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers announced Friday that Shekira Thompson, a U.S. citizen, arrived at the airport from Kingston, Jamaica and agreed to be inspected.

Shekira Thompson, 24, was caught smuggling $10,000 worth of cocaine in her vagina. The drugs were wrapped up to mimic a capsule (or tampon), and weighed approximately half a pound. ...

Earlier in February, Shekira Thompson presented herself for inspection at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Customs officers escorted Thompson to a private search room, ...

Authorities removed the contraband and determined it was, in fact, 8 ounces of cocaine worth approximately $10,000 on the street.

Shekira Thompson was returning to the U.S. from Jamaica on Sunday when she was nabbed by Customs and Border Protection agents after an inspection, authorities said. ...

CBP officers said Thompson "admitted to vaginally inserting a foreign body." The egg-shaped object removed from Thompson's vagina turned out to be a bundle of about half a pound of cocaine with an ...

Shekira Thompson had arrived from Kingston, Jamaica on February 21 when she was escorted from the inspection area to a private passenger screening room, reported Fox 11.

A woman at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was arrested on Sunday, after federal authorities say she smuggled a half pound of cocaine in her vagina.

JAMAICA, NY (CBS) – A woman is accused of smuggling cocaine in her unmentionables when flying to New York from Kingston, Jamaica. Authorities say on February 21, Shekira Thompson arrived at John ...