An alleged female drug mule was caught at a New York airport with her body "full" of cocaine pellets, US border officials said.
Cocaine weighing more than 1.3 kilograms was found on and in Yerlina Lantigua Hernandez DeNova, 35, divided into about 100 pellets, US Customs and Border Protection officials said.
Three pellets were allegedly found inside Ms DeNova's purse shortly after she arrived at Kennedy Airport in New York City from the Dominican Republic.
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Border officers took Ms Denova to a private search room and allegedly found more pellets packed inside her pink bra.
Under questioning from border officers, Ms Denova admitted she had inserted pellets of cocaine into her body vaginally and anally, officials said.
Ms DeNova was "full of pellets," Customs and Border Protection said in a statement.
Officials said drug tests showed the white powder in the pellets was cocaine.
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The 1.3kgs had a street value of $122,000, according to border officials.
Ms Denova was arrested and now faces federal narcotics smuggling charges.
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