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NFL player expelled from Costa Rica when trying to enter marijuana in a suitcase

This is Duron Harmon, from the New England Patriots. They confiscated 58 grams of marijuana and pipettes with oil

By: Carlos Láscarez S. 10 hours ago

The football player Duron Harmon, 27, belonging to the New England Patriots team, was arrested on Friday afternoon at the Juan Santamaría airport, when he tried to enter the country with a load of marijuana in a suitcase, authorities confirmed.

The apprehension was made at about 2 p.m. m. officers of the Fiscal Control Police (PCF), after they discovered that he was hiding a can of soda in his suitcase, in which he carried marijuana.

The marijuana was hidden inside a can of soda, which was hidden in the suitcase. Photo: Fiscal Control Police for LN

Once the substance was detected, the officers of the Drug Control Police (PCD) and the Directorate of Intelligence and National Security (DIS) were alerted.

Harmon, who plays the safety position in the National Football League (NFL), had boarded a flight from Fort Lauderdale International Airport in Florida, United States, as stated on his boarding pass.

Irving Malespín, director of the Fiscal Control Police, said that during a routine work at the airport, on the eve of Holy Week, several flights from the United States were reviewed.

"It was a professional player of the NFL, who tried to introduce our country to marijuana, and then it was returned to US territory, and it is important to highlight the work of the different police officers who carry out extensive operations in different parts of the country. undesirable subjects enter the country, "said Malespín.

The Ministry of Public Security (MSP) confirmed at 7:55 p.m. m. that the foreigner carried 58 grams of marijuana, three pipettes with marijuana oil, a THC confection and four glass containers containing compressed marijuana (weighing 4.3 grams). He added that by order of a prosecutor he was barred from entering Costa Rica.

Harmon was nicknamed The Closer by fans and the media for his ability to get late interceptions to seal games.

He was selected by the Patriots in the third round of the 2013 NFL draft.

According to ESPN's online page, Harmon has an annual base salary of $ 1.5 million (about ¢ 856 million) this 2018, which equates to $ 46,875 (¢ 26.7 million) per game.

It was not possible to know where Harmon was going, who is a teammate of Tom Brady, who plays quarterback for the New England Patriots and who, along with his wife, have a luxurious home in Santa Teresa de Cóbano, in Puntarenas.