The Nation - News from Feb. 19, 1985
Miami customs officers released an Avianca Airlines jumbo jet after the Colombian airline agreed to post a $1.98-million bond--the maximum fine Avianca faces for carrying more than a ton of cocaine into the United States. The Boeing 747 was seized Friday when customs officers at Miami International Airport discovered the cocaine hidden in a shipment of flowers. U.S. Customs Commissioner William von Raab and Colombia’s Embassy reached a bond agreement in Washington and the jumbo jet--the largest plane seized in the United States for carrying drugs--was released.
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