On February 11, an Austrian woman was detained for a routine baggage check in Perth. In the process, a suspicious detail caught the attention of the customs officers. The 27-year-old was handed over to Australian Federal Police officers who then took her to hospital.
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She tried to smuggle a kilo of cocaine. 124 capsules were found in her body
It turned out that the suspicions were right, and the woman tried to smuggle drugs in her body. 124 cocaine capsules were found in her body. In total, the drugs weighed almost a kilogram. According to the services, the 27-year-old woman expelled and then swallowed eight capsules during a long flight from Europe. The woman faces up to 25 years in prison. The entire case was written on .
This is not the first such case. One of the smugglers swallowed Kinder Surprise wrappers
Border service officers point out that such behavior is deadly to health, so smugglers risk not only losing their freedom. As emphasized by the Australian services, this is the third person arrested in the last two months trying to smuggle drugs in the body. “This type of disgusting behavior is not worth risking your life,” points out Vesna Gavranich, an Australian Border Police inspector, in an interview. Such illegal substances are transported around the world, emphasizes Kate Ferry, an AFP officer, quoted
In December, an Irish citizen was detained at Melbourne Airport for attempting to smuggle 120 grams of cocaine. A man swallowed six drug-filled Kinder Surprise packets. A few days later, a Portuguese man was arrested in Sydney for smuggling 1.6 kg of cocaine in his body.
Source: Gazeta
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