Tuesday, 13. August 2013

Russian surgeon steals heroin he removed from drug mule's stomach


A Russian surgeon, who took a cut for himself when removing heroin from the stomach of a drug mule in Siberia for the police, faces up to 15 years in prison for theft and drug possession.

The doctor was high when agents arrested him, according to the ministry of the interior.

The surgeon, who has not been named but who worked in the small city of Bogotol in the Krasnoyarsk region, removed capsules of heroin from the stomach of a drug smuggler.

theguardian.com

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