United States v. Jorge Andres Stornini

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a citizen of Argentina, arrived June 3, 1970, at John F. Kennedy Airport, Carolina, Puerto Rico, on a flight from Chile at about 10:30 p.m. After completing the routine customs inspection, where his baggage and overcoat were examined, appellant walked towards the exit where he was stopped by a customs inspector, one Brugueras, and requested to step into a nearby office for a “secondary search.” During the course of this search, which included visual inspection of portions of appellant’s body after he lowered his trousers, appellant’s overcoat slipped from the…