Specialized agents from the General Directorate of Customs (DGA) dismantled an attempt to smuggle cocaine to Europe. In the Ezeiza International Airport, they discovered that a Brazilian citizen wore 84 capsules of cocaine in your body.
Although the incident became known this Saturday (11.11.2023), it occurred last week. The operation began when the man showed up to carry out the check in from an Air France flight to Malaga via ParisGiven the passenger's nervous state, customs personnel suspected that he was hiding something.
The same official sources in the case also reported that when questioned, the Brazilian citizen “was unable to explain the reason for the trip or who had bought the plane ticket.” They explained that given the route he was taking, the agents thought he might be hiding drugs.
Given all the indications, the Customs agents inspected his luggage but found nothing. Since doubts persisted, they proceeded to carry out a non-invasive body check using body scan. The images confirmed the suspicions of customs personnel as they showed foreign bodies.
“Given the possibility that it was a method of concealing narcotics, the passenger was admitted to a medical center and they were able to confirm that he had ingested capsules with drugs. There were 84 in total and they contained 1134 grams of cocaine that could be sold in the destination country for USD 51 million", the DGA indicated.
The man was subsequently arrested and the drugs were seized by Customs, the same official sources reported.
Two mules detained by Customs were sentenced: another case
The Argentine Customs also issued a report this Saturday according to which two mules, detained last August, They were sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for drug trafficking. There were two Paraguayan citizens who tried to travel to Europe with 137 capsules of cocaine in his body and packages with the same drug in his body cavities. A real time bomb.
The procedure that gave rise to the conviction began during the check in of flight IB 6844, of the Iberia company, with final destination Rome via Madrid, At that time, within the framework of the AIRCOP program, a project implemented by the United Nations (UNODC) in association with INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO).
Packages with the same drugs that the "mule" inserted into their body cavities. | Photo: Afip-DGA
The Customs staff was particularly struck by the passengers' physical attitude, which made them appear very nervous and uncomfortable. Given their doubts and after analysing the passengers' data, they decided to carry out a more exhaustive check.
The women's answers only increased the suspicions of the customs officers, who were unable to answer anything with complete certainty. The flight could also arouse suspicion.
Thus, they proceeded to the baggage inspection, which was negative. However, her doubts persisted and an agent of the agency carried out a control over clothing of the women. At that moment he noticed a hardness at the level of the vaginal cavity of one of them.
Given this situation, they proceeded to carry out a bodyscan which revealed compromising images: in fact, the presence of foreign bodies in their bodies was noted. Specifically, they had ingested 137 capsules approximately 12 grams each. They had also introduced, each of them, packages with the same drug in their body cavities.
After taking them to the Interzonal Hospital in Ezeiza, where their health status was analyzed and the drugs were expelled, it was found that one had 76 capsules and the other 61 (a total weight of 1.488,70 grams). This drug could be sold at USD 80.000 in the destination country.
The ruling indicates that the Third Economic Oral Court sentenced them to 3 years and 4 months in prison, considering each of them "criminally responsible for the crime of smuggling, aggravated by the fact that the narcotics were clearly intended for sale due to their quantity, in an attempted degree (arts. 6, subsection d) and 864, 866nd paragraph, in accordance with art. 2 of the Customs Code)" (...). It also established special temporary and perpetual disqualifications for each of them.
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