Inquest finds drugs mule who was 'jumping over seats' died after ingesting cocaine on flight

A coroner has warned drug mules that they are playing "Russian roulette" after a 24-year-old Brazilian man suffered a painful death when one of over 100 pellets of cocaine he had ingested burst on a flight from Lisbon to Dublin.

Inquest finds drugs mule who was 'jumping over seats' died after ingesting cocaine on flight

By Olivia Kelleher

A coroner has warned drug mules that they are playing "Russian roulette" after a 24-year-old Brazilian man suffered a painful death when one of over 100 pellets of cocaine he had ingested burst on a flight from Lisbon to Dublin.

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