AGENTS SEIZE $86,000 FROM WOMAN

NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. Customs agents said they seized $86,000 in suspected
drug money from a woman they arrested at La Guardia Airport who said she
swallowed thousands more in cash.

Liliana Giraldo was headed to Miami with a connecting flight to Colombia on
Thursday when a Customs inspector examined her luggage, authorities said
Friday.

The luggage was full of cash stuffed into battery-sized capsules, Customs
spokeswoman Janet Rapaport said. The capsules, each containing about six
$100 bills, were glued to the insides of a toy cash register, a
remote-controlled toy car and other items.

Giraldo admitted having swallowed 37 capsules containing $22,000, Rapaport
said. Authorities were trying to determine if she had indeed swallowed the
money.

Her boyfriend, Santiago Rueda, was arrested later, and another stash of
$55,000 was found at a relative's home in Flushing, Rapaport said.

Rapaport said she did not know the exact charges against either suspect.