Austrian Police Arrest
Costa Rican Who Ingested
143 Cocaine Packets
The Associated Press
Police at Vienna's
airport arrested a
suspected Costa Rican
drug smuggler who
allegedly swallowed 143
packets of cocaine,
officials said Friday.
Police said an X-ray of
the suspect, identified
only as a 26-year-old
man, revealed the
packets, which they said
contained a total of
about 1 kilogram (2.2
pounds) of cocaine.
Investigators said the
man had flown from San
Jose, Costa Rica, to
Paris and from the
French capital to
Vienna, where he
reportedly told
authorities he was to
have been paid €1,500
(US$2,000) to deliver
the drugs.
The suspect remained in
police custody Friday,
officials said. |
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