Narcotics Dog At Dulles Airport Alerts To CA Woman's Suitcase: CBP

DULLES, VA — Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police arrested a 27-year-old California woman Tuesday after customs officials found a cache of narcotics in her baggage at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia.

Cinkos, a 2-year-old German shorthaired pointer working as U.S. Customs and Border Protection narcotics detector dog, alerted officers to a suitcase that had just arrived from Amsterdam, according to CBP. After finding multiple narcotics in the suitcase, the officers closed and then placed it on the baggage belt.

Officers watched as Taylor Alexandra Trautloff of Los Angeles retrieved the suitcase. They then escorted her to a secondary examination, where officers tested the narcotics they found in the suitcase, according to CBP.

Using a handheld elemental isotope analysis tool, a CBP officer confirmed the substances as MDMA, psilocybin mushrooms, cocaine, ketamine, 2C-B, and marijuana, according to a release.

CBP turned over Trautloff and the suitcase to MWAA police, who arrested and charged her on felony narcotics possession charges, according the report. In addition, CBP revoked Trautloff’s Global Entry membership.

“Customs and Border Protection officers continue to work with our law enforcement partners to hold accountable those who violate our nation’s laws, and especially those travelers who CBP has bestowed a special trust upon, such as this Global Entry trusted traveler member” said Marc E. Calixte, CBP’s area port director for the Area Port of Washington, D.C.