Boston woman accused of having cocaine in diaper

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An East Boston woman is being held on $250,000 bail today after law enforcement stopped her at Logan International Airport with more than 1,000 grams of cocaine in a “diaper-like” garment, state police said.

Karen Morla Ramos, 22, was arrested yesterday morning after disembarking from a JetBlue [JBLU] flight from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, state police said.

Authorities said Customs and Border Protection officials conducted a pat down search on Ramos after she provided “conflicting answers” about her travel.

“The pat down revealed a powdery substance concealed in a diaper-like garment Ramos was wearing under her outer clothing,” state police said in a statement.

The substance tested positive for cocaine and weighed a little bit more than 1,000 grams, state police said.

After her arraignment in East Boston District Court, the suspect’s lawyer said her client was a “drug mule.”

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