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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.
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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