Tuesday, June 15, 2004
from today's detroit news:
Man swallows 3.5 pounds of cocaine
Oslo, NOrway--A smuggler swallowed 3.5 pounds of cocaine to avoid detection but was caught in southern Norway nevertheless, the customs service said Monday. Per Emil Wikoeren, head of the Customs Region Southern Norway, said the man, posing as an asylum seeker, had swallowed the cocaine in 160 small packages. The amount was a Norwegian record, he said, and possibly a record worldwide. The man is from Nigeria and is in his 20s. Wikoeren declined to estimate the value of the cocaine.
Man swallows 3.5 pounds of cocaine
Oslo, NOrway--A smuggler swallowed 3.5 pounds of cocaine to avoid detection but was caught in southern Norway nevertheless, the customs service said Monday. Per Emil Wikoeren, head of the Customs Region Southern Norway, said the man, posing as an asylum seeker, had swallowed the cocaine in 160 small packages. The amount was a Norwegian record, he said, and possibly a record worldwide. The man is from Nigeria and is in his 20s. Wikoeren declined to estimate the value of the cocaine.
