(MENAFN-Khaleej Times) The contraband worth Dh800,000, stuffed in 60 capsules, was concealed in the gut of an African passenger
The Dubai Customs recently foiled a bid to smuggle in 1.28kg of cocaine, worth around Dh800,000 as per the street market price, through Terminal 3 of the Dubai International Airport.
According to a senior official, the contraband stuffed in 60 capsules was concealed in the gut of an African passenger.
Ali Al Mugahwi, Director of the Airport Operations Department at the Dubai Customs, said the smuggler was heading from an African country to the UAE with the intent of trafficking it here.
The inspectors, who are trained to understand people’s body language, grew suspicious after the passenger showed signs of anxiety while approaching the check-point. The man’s luggage was manually searched but nothing unusual was found. “He was referred to a hi-tech scanning device which revealed some hidden substances in his intestines,” he said. “Murky objects were detected in the passenger’s bowels.”
The suspect was questioned at the Passenger Investigation Office and he confessed that he received the narcotics at the departing airport from someone and that he had swallowed the 60 capsules.
“The plan was to eject the drug pills once he entered the country and deliver them to someone in exchange for a certain sum of money.”
In coordination the Dubai Police General Headquarters, the suspect, the seizure report and the seized narcotics were referred to the police’s General Department of Anti-Narcotics for further action.
Al Mugahwi said cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant affecting the central nervous system and it is snorted, injected or smoked. “Street-named coke, snow, flake or blow, it usually makes the user feel euphoric and energetic, but also increases body temperature, blood pressure and heart rate.
“Users risk heart attacks, respiratory failure, strokes, seizures, abdominal pain and nausea,” he said, warning that the first use of cocaine could also result in sudden death or unexpected death afterwards.
Late in October 2012, the Dubai Customs had thwarted an African passenger’s attempt to smuggle 83 capsules of cocaine, weighing 1.6kg, and worth over Dh1 million, in his gut at the Dubai International Airport.
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