Over 1,300 pounds of cocaine seized at Mexico City airport

Federal police arrested three people at the Mexico City International Airport, while trying to collect eight suitcases containing over 600 kilos (1,320 pounds) of cocaine.

In a statement, authorities informed that the arrest was made when federal agents noticed the three people in the unloading luggage area of a flight from Caracas, Venezuela.

The detainees were unloading luggage from the aircraft and putting them in a pickup truck, which violates the customs inspection protocols.

The suitcases containing a total of 545 packages of cocaine and the three detainees were sent to the Assistant Attorney General's Office for Special Investigations on Organized Crime (SEIDO).