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U.S. v. SCHARON

No. 98-2003.

187 F.3d 17 (1999)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Jose R. SCHARON, Jr., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan M. Glover, by appointment of the Court, on brief, for appellant.

Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Chief, Criminal Division, and Antonio R. Bazán, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and POLLAK, Senior District Judge.

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

On January 16, 1997, appellant Jose R. Scharon, Jr. ("Scharon") arrived at Luis Munoz Marin ("LMM") Airport from Costa Rica. Upon being referred to secondary inspection by a Customs Inspector, his two suitcases were probed because they had a strong smell of glue. When searched, heroin was found in the inner lining. Additionally, a total of 563 counterfeit one hundred dollar bills were found bundled in Scharon's jeans in the two suitcases. Scharon...

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