A Guatemalan man on Thursday pleaded guilty in U.S. Federal Court in Trenton to attempting to smuggle three kilograms of heroin that had been coated in chocolate. 
 
 Jacobo Leonel Orellana-Estrada, 21, got off of a flight from Guatemala City at Newark Airport on June 11, when U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopped him to search his luggage. 
 
 Authorities found six small, single-layer cakes that were actually packages of heroin coated in a thin layer of chocolate and wrapped in paper. 
 
 Orellana-Estrada's guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin leaves him facing a maximum penalty of life in prison. 
 
 His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 29. 
 
 Taylor Tiamoyo Harris may be reached at tharris@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @ladytiamoyo. 
 
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– A man has admitted smuggling chocolate-covered heroin on a flight from Guatemala to Newark Liberty International Airport, reports the AP. Jacobo Orellana-Estrada on Thursday pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Prosecutors say the Guatemalan citizen arrived in Newark on a flight in June and Customs officers discovered what appeared to be six small layer cakes in his luggage. The cakes turned out to be paper-wrapped packages of heroin coated in chocolate; NJ.com reports that Orellana-Estrada was carrying 3 kilograms of the drug. The 21-year-old faces up to life in prison when he's sentenced in January.