Underwear bomber... now the underwear mule

We have all heard about the underwear bomber... but on Tuesday, the Dubai Criminal Court heard about the female underwear mule.

A transit passenger allegedly hid more than 1.8kgs of cocaine in her underwear. MMS, 38, was suspected by a policeman upon her arrival in Dubai International Airport on July 4 at around 10.30pm.

Corporal Nasim Deen asked policewoman Bahr Al Zein Bilal, to search the passenger. Searching her luggage did not reveal anything. Applying a personal search, the policewoman suspected her…. so she asked her to take off her swollen underwear.

The policewoman found 3 pieces wrapped in plastic and scotch tape hidden in her underwear. It proved to be 1.875Kgs of cocaine.

The court adjourned the case for verdict until October 18.