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Sophisticated methods used by drug traffickers, officials say

HAVANA - International drug traffickers coming through Cuba have become more sophisticated in the way they transport cocaine and marijuana, customs officials said Thursday.
The drugs are showing up in shoes, toothpaste and electronic goods in the country's airports and ports, Jose Otano, the second-in-command of Cuba's customs agency, told reporters. Suitcases made of cocaine and thin travelers whose figures have been filled out with packets of drugs have also become more common, he said.
Cuba's drug market is a young one, generated in the mid-1990s by renewed tourism to the island. Communist officials have said drugs are a vice of capitalism and not a serious problem in Cuba but have launched a campaign to fight the market.

Rudy Mesicek has published poetry rooted in Latin American history. rmesicek@sltrib.com

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