1kg cocaine found in passenger's belly

Saudi airport customs inspectors found nearly one kg of cocaine inside
capsules hidden in a passenger’s belly as he tried to enter the Gulf Kingdom.

The inspectors at the airport in the Western town of Medina decided to take the man to hospital for tests after noticing he was exhausted.

“About one kg of cocaine inside 83 capsules was found hidden in his belly….he was arrested after they were removed from his stomach,” Alriyadh daily said without identifying the passenger.

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