MADRID (AFP) – Spanish police
caught a woman smuggling
more than a kilogram of
cocaine hidden inside
implants in her breasts,
officials said Wednesday.
The Panamanian woman was
caught at Barcelona airport
after getting off a flight
from Colombia, the national
police said in a statement.
The woman “had two breast
implants containing cocaine
implanted in her. She had two
open cuts under each of her
breasts,” the police said,
releasing a photograph of
one of the loosely stitched
wounds.
“She intended in that way to
bring more than a kilogram of
the drug into Spain,” the
statement added.
Officials questioned the
woman as part of standard
checks carried out on
passengers from Colombia —
a major source of cocaine.
When they searched her, they
found bloody dressings on
the wounds.
They took her to hospital
where doctors removed the
implants and tests showed
that they contained 1.3
kilograms (three pounds) of
cocaine, the police said.