Estonian swallowed 69 capsules of cocaine

A 19-YEAR-OLD Estonian died from acute cardio-respiratory failure after he swallowed 69 capsules of cocaine, an inquest in Limerick heard yesterday.

Maksim Gorbov, from Narva in Estonia, complained of being unwell to the cabin crew on board a KLM flight from Peru to Amsterdam and the plane was diverted to Shannon Airport on December 28.

Dr Jeoffrey de Freitas, pathologist at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, who carried out an autopsy on the deceased, said that death was due to acute cardio-respiratory failure associated with ingestion of toxic amounts of cocaine.