Nigerian passenger accused of smuggling 1.7kg of cocaine in his intestines through Dubai
A
40-year-old Nigerian man has been accused of smuggling nearly 1.7kg of
cocaine capsules in his intestines via Dubai in transit. A special
device helped capture the man carrying the cocaine in his intestines.
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Jail
wardens did not bring the suspect from his detention and present him
before the Dubai Court of First Instance where he was scheduled to enter
a plea on Sunday, February 7. Presiding judge Mohammad Jamal adjourned
the hearing until the defendant is brought from detention on February
21.
Law
enforcement officers at Dubai International Airport were said to have
discovered that the Nigerian passenger, C.J., had been carrying drugs in
his intestines when they had him checked at the special detecting
device at the airport’s transit terminal in November.
The
passenger was referred to Dubai Police’s anti-narcotics department
immediately after the scanning device exposed tens of capsules in C.J.’s
intestines.
Drugs
prosecutors charged the suspect with smuggling 80 capsules that
contained a stone-like white substance via Dubai in transit. A policeman
claimed to prosecutors that he was tasked with accompanying C.J. to a
public hospital to make him emit the drug capsules.
"I
escorted the suspect to the hospital where he was provided with a
medical substance to help him emit the capsules. He got out 45 capsules
over a few hours," testified the policeman.
Dubai Police’s forensic laboratory confirmed that the extracted capsules contained nearly 1.7kg of cocaine.
Source: Gulf News Court
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