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24/07/2009 Women Arrested Carrying Heroin Internally
A 32-year-old South African woman has been charged with importing heroin into Australia.
The woman had swallowed 124 "pellets" (latex bags, usually condoms) filled with heroin, amounting to about 1/2 a kilo of the drug.
This method of smuggling, called "body-packing", is highly dangerous; if one of the pellets breaks, it is usually rapidly fatal to the carrier.
Return to News Archive Index The woman had swallowed 124 "pellets" (latex bags, usually condoms) filled with heroin, amounting to about 1/2 a kilo of the drug.
This method of smuggling, called "body-packing", is highly dangerous; if one of the pellets breaks, it is usually rapidly fatal to the carrier.
