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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Customs: Nigerian Woman Swallowed 5 lbs. of Heroin


STERLING, Va. - Customs officials at Dulles International Airport say a Nigerian woman set an unfortunate record when she allegedly tried to smuggle nearly five pounds of swallowed heroin into the country.

Authorities say 52-year-old Bola Adebisi ingested 180 thumb-sized pellets filled with $150,000 worth of heroin. She's been charged with drug smuggling in federal court in Alexandria.

Customs and Border Protection officers became suspicious when she told officers she was coming to the U.S. to visit her brother, but couldn't describe him. A routine pat-down found her stomach to be abnormally rigid. An X-ray revealed the pellets and she was taken to the hospital.

The previous record for an ingested drug seizure at Dulles occurred last year, when another Nigerian was discovered with more than four pounds of pellets
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

she could have carried in 15lbs if she'd loaded the other end.

Anonymous said...

Interesting that you know that fact. If it is indeed true. Or you have actually done it. Bad.