On July 17, 2021 Xavier Ramirez, 23, was arrested at the airport in Charlotte, NC charged with having $215,000 in cocaine taped to him.
Xavier arrived to Charlotte on a flight from the Dominican Republic. At the Charlotte airport U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers observed a bulge under Xavier’s shirt after he removed his jacket.
The bulge consisted of a white, powdery substance that field-tested positive for cocaine, federal officials say. The cocaine weighed over six pounds and had an estimated street value of $215,000.
The CBP Area Port Director in Charlotte Barry Chastain says:
“Any day that Customs and Border Protection officers can keep dangerous drugs from reaching our communities is a great day. Narcotics interdiction remains an enforcement priority for CBP and it is one way in which CBP helps protect our citizens and our communities.”
Charlotte CBP officers turned Xavier over to Homeland Security Investigations and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for state prosecution on felony possession and trafficking of cocaine.
