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Passenger with heroin capsules in intestine caught at Dubai airport

Customs officials arrested a passenger and confiscated 80 capsules of heroine at Dubai International Airport.

  • Staff Report
  • Published: 15:09 August 6, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dubai: Customs officials arrested a passenger and confiscated 80 capsules of heroin at Dubai International Airport.

The Asian passenger was carrying 80 capsules containing around 815 grams of heroin inside his body.

X-ray machines detected the capsules inside his intestine, said the officials.

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