21-year-old visitor from Barbados was arrested Dec 11 after four kilograms of coke worth US $ 550,000 was found in the binding of a Bible and other books.
Another 21-year-old man who claimed to be visiting from St Vincent was arrested a day later arriving from Guyana with 2.5 kilos of coke worth about US $ 310,000 inside a Bible and in the false bottom of a suitcase.
"The covers of the Bibles are unglued or slit and drugs in flat plastic bags are placed inside," she said.
Giolti said officers became suspicious because the books were heavier than normal.
Both men have been charged with importing a controlled substance and are before the courts. They face deportation to the Caribbean if convicted, police said. Their names have not been released due to an ongoing probe.
Also two GTA women were arrested last week after six kilos of marijuana worth US $ 125,000 was found in coffee packs in their luggage arriving from Jamaica. Another woman was nabbed after arriving from St Vincent with four kilos of coke smuggled in Christmas candles.
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