Agents intercepted one parcel at a warehouse at JFK Airport on 28 May, with 1 ½ kilograms (over 3 lbs) of cocaine stuffed inside empanadas, on 25 June a pound of cocaine was found secreted in the bottom of a container of homemade sugar and oatmeal cookies.
Approximately 500 grams (over a pound) of heroin was found inside sesame candies on 8 June.
The arrests were the result of a six-month wiretap investigation.
The Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York said Jorge Guerrero reportedly led a group of six people that smuggled narcotics into the country from Ecuador.
