TUM-THING TO DECLARE? Cocaine Trafficker Seized After Complaining Of Stomach Ache

Image shows one of the packages filled with cocaine, undated photo. A man from Portugal was arrested after he tried to smuggle 51 packages of cocaine in the city of Stuttgart, Germany, in December 2022. Note: Licensed content. (Zollfahndungsamt Stuttgart/Newsflash) Image shows one of the packages filled with cocaine, undated photo. A man from Portugal was arrested after he tried to smuggle 51 packages of cocaine in the city of Stuttgart, Germany, in December 2022. Note: Licensed content. (Zollfahndungsamt Stuttgart/Newsflash)
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09 January 2023
A drug trafficker who swallowed more than 50 packages of cocaine was seized by customs police when he told them he had a stomach ache. The smuggler had arrived at Germany's Stuttgart Airport on a flight from Portugal and was singled out for a search. But as customs officers talked to him he...