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Friday, 4 December 2015 - 13:40

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Kilo of cocaine found in Dutch drug smuggler’s stomach

A 37 year old Dutchman was arrested at the Carrasco airport in Montevideo, Uruguay on Saturday with a kilogram of cocaine in his stomach. According to Uruguay's Ministry of Internal Affairs, the cocaine was packed into 135 capsules, NU reports. He was picked up when customs officers noticed him acting strange during a baggage check. He was arrested and taken to a hospital, where the capsules were discovered in his stomach.

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