Tuesday, 13. July 2004
Topic: DOPE HEAD - on July 13, 2004 at 10:38:00 AM CEST
Colombian airport police find $47,500 cash inside passenger's stomach
A suspect swallowed nearly $50,000 in cash in a failed attempt to smuggle the funds out of Colombia, officials said Monday.
Bogota airport police said they X-rayed the suspect because he was acting nervous while preparing to board a flight for Lima, Peru. The X-ray showed dozens of latex-wrapped packets inside his stomach and police assumed it was drugs, since such a smuggling technique is used by traffickers.
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