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.

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.

Woman caught with cocaine in vagina at New York airport Shekira Thompson arrested after flight from Jamaica to JFK International Airport PEMBROKE PARK, Fla.

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 ...

The “vaginally inserted cocaine” was discovered after Shekira Thompson, a U.S. citizen, presented herself for inspection after arriving at the John F. Kennedy International Airport on Feb. 21 ...

Earlier in February, Shekira Thompson presented herself for inspection at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Shekira Thompson, 24, arrived at JFK from Kingston, Jamaica Sunday afternoon. At 2 p.m., she went through customs and was “sweating and acting very nervous,” according to Port Authority Police.

Authorities found the half-pound of cocaine inserted in Shekira Thompson, 24, last Sunday as she returned to New York from a trip to Jamaica, the New York Daily News reported.

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.

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.

Customs officers in New York said a woman returning from a trip to Jamaica was concealing half a pound of cocaine inside her vagina.