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(AP) -- A Canadian woman has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison on charges she tried to smuggle cocaine through Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport by carrying cocaine-soaked clothing.

Fifty-nine-year-old Elizabeth Louise Wyonch, of Montreal, Canada, was sentenced Monday on four counts of drug trafficking,
including the intentional importation of cocaine into the United States, and possession of at least 500 grams of cocaine with the intent to distribute.  Authorities say in July, authorities received a tip that she would be traveling with cocaine through Hartsfield.  Authorities stopped her going through customs and noticed that the clothing inside one of her suitcases was unusually stiff to the touch.

They later determined over three kilograms of cocaine had been soaked into various items of clothing.

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