A 70-year-old woman faces jail time for allegedly smuggling four pounds of cocaine in her girdle and underwear . Olive Fowler was caught by police at JFK airport on April 12 after taking a Caribbean Airlines flight from her hometown in Guyana , South America , to New York . Authorities said they spotted her 'sweating profusely ' and 'avoiding eye contact with officers ' so they decided to pull her aside to conduct a search . After patting her down in a private room , investigators reportedly felt a 'dense hard material ' under her clothes . Hidden packages : A 70-year-old woman faces jail time for allegedly smuggling four pounds of cocaine in her girdle and underwear ( seen above ) Fowler was found to be wearing one pair of black underwear and one white girdle with white powder packed into the garments . The packages tested positive for cocaine . It 's estimated the drugs found in her panties have a street value of more than $ 73,000 . U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers placed Fowler under arrest and turned her over to Homeland Security Investigations . Suspicious behavior : Olive Fowler was caught by police at JFK airport on April 12 after taking a Caribbean Airlines flight from her hometown in Guyana , South America , to New York . She now faces federal narcotics smuggling charges in Brooklyn Federal Court.. NJ.com reports that her federal public defender , Peter Kirchheimer , declined to comment . Apparently the concealment method used by Fowler is commonly used by drug smugglers both female and male . Indeed , in April 2014 , inspectors at JFK found 1.8 pounds of heroin in the underwear of a man arriving from Trinidad and Tobago .
Olive Fowler was caught by police at JFK airport on April 12 after taking a Caribbean Airlines flight from her hometown in Guyana to New York . Authorities said they spotted her 'sweating profusely ' and 'avoiding eye contact with officers ' so they decided to pull her aside to conduct a search . It 's estimated the drugs found in her panties have a street value of more than $ 73,000 . A man who allegedly shot his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself has been charged with murder.