Cocaine smuggler in hospital

A 26-YEAR-OLD man was arrested on Thursday night after visiting the Limassol General Hospital’s Emergency Room with stomach complaints and confiding in a doctor that he had swallowed a number of plastic bags containing cocaine.
X-rays confirmed the man’s stomach contained foreign bodies and a warrant was soon issued for his arrest.

In his statement, the 26-year-old foreigner admitted that he had swallowed the bags when he was abroad, aiming to smuggle them to another country via Cyprus.
The man continues treatment at Limassol General Hospital, where he is under custody.
Limassol CID continue investigations.

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