Jamaican woman BUSTED @ JFK airport with COKE - FILLED shoes and Chanel purse {PICS}

Inside Janisha Atkins’s pink and purple suitcase, officers noticed a strong odor coming from her pocketbook and two pairs of platform shoes, which also seemed unusually heavy, according to the complaint filed in Brooklyn Federal Court. The cocaine seized had an approximate street value of more than $64,000, according to a CBP spokesman.

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U. S. CUSTOMS&BORDER PROTECTIONInside her suitcase, Janisha Atkins's purse and two pairs of shoes had a strong odor, which authorities say led to their discovery of 3.7 pounds of cocaine she had tried to smuggle through Kennedy Airport.

A Jamaican national has been arrested for smuggling more than three pounds of cocaine inside a Chanel pocketbook and platform shoes in her luggage, authorities said Monday.

Janisha Atkins, 33, was selected for an examination by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Sept. 19 after she arrived at New York’s Kennedy Airport aboard a JetBlue flight from Montego Bay.

Inside her pink and purple suitcase, officers noticed a strong odor coming from her pocketbook and two pairs of platform shoes, which also seemed unusually heavy, according to the complaint filed in Brooklyn Federal Court.

U. S. CUSTOMS&BORDER PROTECTIONSuspected drug smuggler Janisha Atkins had flown into New York City from Montego Bay on Sept. 19.

The lining of the pocketbook and the heels of the shoes were probed further and officers discovered white powder inside, the feds said.

Atkins admitted that she knew there was drugs in the items and was charged with importation of a controlled substance.

U. S. CUSTOMS&BORDER PROTECTIONJanisha Atkins is being held at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after the cocaine was allegedly smuggled in these shoes and purse.

The total weight of cocaine seized was approximately 3.7 pounds, with an approximate street value of more than $64,000, according to a CBP spokesman.

“This latest seizure demonstrates the vigilance of our CBP officers, and their excellence in detecting those who would try to smuggle these illegal substances,” said Robert E. Perez, director of field operations for CBP's New York office.

Atkins is being held without bail at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

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Comment by MC SMILEY on November 19, 2014 at 4:06pm: OMG WOWOWO KARMA IS A B****

Comment by Loveli on November 19, 2014 at 3:20pm: oh well.. i hope someone can feed her kids now. :-(

Comment by Big Woman on November 18, 2014 at 3:40am: DANG!

Comment by Shani blacks on November 17, 2014 at 7:17pm: Damn fool

Comment by jaypaid on October 28, 2014 at 5:08am: ,She's a damn fool and if she do have kids they are better off without her in their life. What a role model was to her kids. At 33yrs. old she should know better. Damn IDIOT !

Comment by Mervin E Yearwood on October 6, 2014 at 9:41pm: Janisha Amalee Atkins, of New Haven, was stopped at JFK on Sept. 19 after flying back from Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Comment by Gary Clementson on October 6, 2014 at 8:04pm: I feel bad for her but i am not sorry for her,i just hope she does not have kids who are depending on her right now.I know she gonna sing like a parrot, she is just a stupid mule.

Comment by caribbeanrose on October 6, 2014 at 5:02pm: she will do a long time in jail. bye, bye

Comment by MC SMILEY on October 6, 2014 at 3:08pm: @ roxanne evans wrd up nothing but tha truth the best way out is to werk whether in bed and smoze youre way to the top like ive done or the correct way a 9 2 5 8 2 4 7 2 11

Comment by Roxanne Evans on October 6, 2014 at 12:43pm: Stupid of her trying to smuggle drugs into the country and thinking that you're not going to get catch but guest what you did and now you have to wear that orange jump suit and those canvas shoes because you're not going to get designers shoe or purse in there