Man had 72 pellets of cocaine in belly

IRISH customs officials have uncovered a new form of cocaine-smuggling after detecting liquid cocaine pellets packed inside a smuggler’s body.

Man had 72 pellets of cocaine in belly

They have also discovered that cannabis is being trafficking through “swallowers” by an eastern European gang on flights from Spain.

The developments come as police at an airport in Brazil caught an Irish passport holder, identified only as PBK, who had ingested almost 1kg of cocaine in capsules.

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