Man Charged With Smuggling Meth In Frames Of Religious Art
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Federal agents say they’ve uncovered a scheme in which meth was hidden in the frames of religious artwork and shipped to Pittsburgh from Mexico, according to an affidavit filed in court.
Carmelo Rojas-Perez is charged with smuggling.
He lived in an apartment in Oakland, but according to court papers, he’s a Mexican citizen who came here illegally in 1993. The man who owns the store below Rojas-Perez’s apartment says he came into the store regularly, but the owner says he had no idea what was allegedly going on.
Custom agents at the FedEx hub in Memphis caught on to the hidden drugs.
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