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“Cooked rabbit” turned out to be cocaine in suitcase

Jan 05, 2011 News

(NYDailyNews.com) A Yankee Stadium security guard claimed he was carrying a “cooked rabbit” in his luggage – but airport inspectors found three bricks of cocaine, officials said Monday.
Roger Levans of Queens got off a Delta Airlines flight from Georgetown, Guyana, on December 29, and wrote on a Customs declaration that he was carrying food items, according to a criminal complaint filed in Brooklyn Federal Court.
“Levans was asked what kind of food items he was carrying, to which he responded ‘cooked rabbit,'” Homeland Security special agent Noah Abbott said in the complaint.
Levans’ three suitcases were passed through an X-ray machine and the inspectors were suspicious about what they saw. The first two bags contained an assortment of fruits and vegetables – and no rabbit, according to the complaint.
The inspectors noted that Levans appeared “nervous and anxious” when they peeked inside the third suitcase. Again, no rabbit – but there were three brick-shaped packages wrapped in brown masking tape. A Customs and Border Protection agent poked them, revealing three kilos of cocaine.
Levans, who was released on $100,000 bail, stated in an affidavit that he works for Guardsmark Security as a guard at Yankee Stadium.
Federal defender Heidi Cesare had no immediate comment on the arrest.

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