--- description: "It’s alleged that man’s best friend was used in an attempt to smuggle drugs into the city," Queens District Attorney said in a statement title: Two Men Tried to Use a Dog to Smuggle Heroin Into New York image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Two Men Tried to Use a Dog to Smuggle Heroin Into New York  by [Alana Abramson](/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2017 12:19 AM CUT  by [Alana Abramson](/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2017 12:19 AM CUT Two New York men were [arrested](http://time.com/4710511/hong-kong-occupy-umbrella-activists-arrest/ "undefined") and charged with drug possession and conspiracy for hiding 22 lb. of heroin in the crate of a dog flying into [John F. Kennedy airport](http://time.com/4676846/unattended-security-checkpoint-jfk-airport/ "undefined") from [Puerto Rico](http://time.com/4691046/puerto-rico-american-citizens/ "undefined"), authorities said Monday. “It’s alleged that man’s best friend was used in an attempt to smuggle drugs into the city,” [Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said](http://www.queensda.org/newpressreleases/2017/MARCH%202017/seabrooks%5Fbetancourt2%5F03%5F26%5F2017%5Fcmp.pdf "undefined"). The monetary value of the drugs, Brown said in a release, could total over $1 million. If convicted, the men, whom the District Attorney’s Office identified as 27-year-old Carlos Beancourt-Morales and 35-year-old Samuel Seabrooks, could face as many as 20 years in prison. The dog, who was not named in the release and only identified by the district attorney as a “cream-colored shepherd type,” was given to the ASPCA. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4714683/dog-shipped-with-heroin-to-nyc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4714683/dog-shipped-with-heroin-to-nyc/"},"headline":"Two Men Tried to Use a Dog to Smuggle Heroin Into New York","datePublished":"2017-03-28T00:19:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:03:45.320Z","description":"An estimated $1 million worth of heroin was hidden in the dog's crate","url":"https://time.com/4714683/dog-shipped-with-heroin-to-nyc/","keywords":["Crime","animals","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4714683/dog-shipped-with-heroin-to-nyc/","name":"Two Men Tried to Use a Dog to Smuggle Heroin Into New York"}}]}] ```