People v. Nkemakolam

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Griffin, J.), rendered July 10, 1992, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On the afternoon of December 24, 1991, a United States Customs Inspector performing random stops of passengers arriving on flights from countries identified as drug sources approached the defendant, who was holding a gray briefcase. In response to the inspector’s questions, the defendant stated that he had traveled…