Jose Joaquin Morales brought six kilograms of the narcotic to the Edinburg airport before offering to pay $23,000 for a flight to Baltimore, Md.

Jose Joaquin Morales brought six kilograms of the narcotic to the Edinburg airport before offering to pay $23,000 for a flight to Baltimore, Md.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents later found the drugs hidden in a trash can in the building's bathroom.Drug dogs also picked up the scent of cocaine both in Morales' carry-on bag and a place he had been sitting moments before the discovery, according to a criminal complaint filed in his case.Morales told investigators he had borrowed money to buy the drugs from a Baltimore man and hoped to sell the drugs to pay back a $30,000 debt he owed to someone else for bailing him out of jail on a prior arrest, the document states.He was arrested Friday and has remained in the custody of U.S. Marshals since, pending a detention hearing currently set for Thursday.
If convicted, he would face at least 10 years in prison in accordance with federal sentencing guidelines.