Heroin for ailing grandma, says Oklahoma man stopped at Detroit airport
DETROIT — A 53-year-old Oklahoma man says $50,000 worth of heroin found during a customs inspection at Detroit Metropolitan Airport was intended as a pain reliever for his ailing grandmother.
Federal authorities say Stevan Patong Thao was arrested after arriving about noon Sunday on a flight that originated in Laos and stopped in Narita, Japan .
Thao was caught transporting two pill bottles...
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