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American Charged for Smuggling Meth
posted (May 8, 2012)
44 year-old David Michael Higgins, an American tourist, was arraigned in court today for possession of a controlled drug.

Higgins, who is a maintenance worker from Missouri, arrived at the PGIA from Dallas on Saturday. He then got into the line to check in at customs, but an ADU officer observed that he was behaving suspiciously.

That officer searched Higgins and found 0.6 grams of an unknown substance in one of Higgins's pockets.

As a result, the officer arrested and charged him with possession of a controlled drug, and he was brought to court yesterday. However, he was not arraigned until today after the results of the lab analysis came back, which positively identified the confiscated drugs as crystal meth.

Higgins pleaded guilty to the charge, and as a result, Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith sentenced him to pay a fine of $1,000 forthwith. He was able to pay up, and he was released from custody this afternoon.

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