Twenty-seven-year-old woman is taken into custody at an Alaskan airport for smuggling opioid drugs.
Annette Dilts, 27, was arrested at the Ketchikan International Airport on Feb. 5, 2021, as part of a joint counter-narcotics operation effort between Alaska State Troopers and local law enforcement agencies. Dilts was accused of smuggling more $250,000-worth of illegal drugs and taken into custody as part of an operation designed to stop the trafficking of drugs into Southeast Alaska. She was ultimately charged with two counts of second-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, which is a felony.
During a search of her person, authorities announced Dilts was smuggling approximately 250 grams of black tar heroin and approximately 206 fentanyl pills, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety. The total value of the drugs seized was $266,000. The woman was from Prince of Wales Island and brought the pills to the states on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattl