79-year-old caught with heroin on flight to NY

A 79-year-old woman has been caught attempting to smuggle heroin out of Colombia on a flight to New York, police said today.

The Colombian woman, whose name was not released, was arrested yesterday at Bogota’s El Dorado Airport after inspectors found 2.8 kilograms of heroin in her bag, said Col. Nicolas Munoz, chief of airport police.