$50k in heroin at airport: It’s for my ailing grandmother

Detroit - A 53-year-old Oklahoma man says $50,000 worth of heroin found during a customs inspection at Detroit Metropolitan Airport was intended as a pain reliever for his ailing grandmother. Federal authorities say Stevan Patong Thao was arrested after arriving on a flight that originated in Laos and stopped in Narita, Japan. Thao was caught transporting two pill bottles containing 490 heroin capsules. More…