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A Los Angeles man traveling via United Airlines was arrested and charged with cocaine possession in Lansing, Mich., after a suspicious ticket agent at Los Angeles International Airport alerted authorities. The suspect was carrying about $11 million worth of cocaine, Lansing Detective Gene Wrigglesworth said.
Why was the ticket agent suspicious? The unidentified man had bought a ticket to return to Los Angeles three hours after arriving in Michigan. And he was carrying three bags.
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