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Woman with cocaine hidden in breast implants arrested at Madrid airport | Woman with cocaine hidden in breast implants arrested at Madrid airport |
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A Venezuelan woman with 1.7kg of cocaine hidden in her breast implants has been arrested at Madrid airport after arriving on a flight from Colombia. | A Venezuelan woman with 1.7kg of cocaine hidden in her breast implants has been arrested at Madrid airport after arriving on a flight from Colombia. |
"During a check of passengers from a plane from Bogotá, the gestures and behaviour of a supposed tourist raised the suspicions of narcotics agents," police said on Friday. | |
After a baggage search revealed nothing, female officers conducted a body search of the 43-year-old woman and discovered "certain irregularities and deformations in both breasts". | After a baggage search revealed nothing, female officers conducted a body search of the 43-year-old woman and discovered "certain irregularities and deformations in both breasts". |
At that moment, the suspect started to act nervously and "confessed that she was carrying implants with cocaine inside", police said. | At that moment, the suspect started to act nervously and "confessed that she was carrying implants with cocaine inside", police said. |
The woman was taken to a hospital where the implants were removed and found to contain 1.7kg (3.75lb) of the drug. | The woman was taken to a hospital where the implants were removed and found to contain 1.7kg (3.75lb) of the drug. |
Although unusual, it is not the first time Spanish police have seen drug smugglers using breast implants to try to beat detection. | Although unusual, it is not the first time Spanish police have seen drug smugglers using breast implants to try to beat detection. |
In December 2012, a Panamanian woman arriving in Barcelona from Bogotá was found with 1.4kg of cocaine in her fake breasts. Her recent insertion wounds were still bleeding under bandages. | |
Other techniques have included drugs hidden under wigs, mixed into a cast put on a leg, and shaped and hardened into crockery. | Other techniques have included drugs hidden under wigs, mixed into a cast put on a leg, and shaped and hardened into crockery. |
Spain has a special police unit that checks so-called hot flights from the main drug-trafficking countries. | Spain has a special police unit that checks so-called hot flights from the main drug-trafficking countries. |
So far this year, in Madrid airport alone, the squad has seized about 500kg of cocaine and 6kg of heroin, and made 189 arrests. | So far this year, in Madrid airport alone, the squad has seized about 500kg of cocaine and 6kg of heroin, and made 189 arrests. |
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