A BRITISH man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle a kilo of cocaine out of an airport with the drugs being strapped to his body. He was reportedly caught when he threw a packet cont…
“The incident happened after uniformed officers were alerted by airport staff about a person who was acting suspiciously.
“The officers immediately deployed their activities of supervision and control and the result of these was the discovery of a package with one kilo of cocaine inside it.It was not immediately clear where the arrested Brit had been intending to fly to. It comes after the Peru Two, Michaella McCollum from Dungannon, Northern Ireland, and Melissa Reid from Lenzie, Scotland, were arrested on 6 August 2013 on suspicion of drug smuggling at Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, Peru, after their luggage was found to contain 11 kilos of cocaine.On 17 December 2013, the pair were sentenced to six years and eight months' imprisonment.
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