Drug Smuggler Caught As
Swallowed Capsules Burst
An American in Costa
Rica was caught
smuggling nearly a half
kilo of cocaine in his
stomach after he went
into convulsions on a
plane bound for Miami,
police said on Friday.
The 22-year-old man
swallowed dozens of
capsules stuffed with
the drug before boarding
a plane on Thursday in
at the Juan Santamaría
(San José) airport.
Police said he started
to vomit and convulse
before the plane took
off and was rushed to a
hospital where he was
still recovering on
Friday.
"They had to open him up
too remove the
capsules," said police
spokeswoman Marielos
Barbosa.
The man, identified only
by his last name,
Keller, was the second
American arrested this
month at the airport for
smuggling cocaine in his
stomach.
Costa Rica works with
U.S. authorities to try
to stop drug shipments
reaching the United
States from producer
countries in South
America.
The Costa Rican Coast
Guard has captured
dozens of tons of
cocaine being moved up
the country's coast over
the last few years. |
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