18 Sep 2011

Cocaine smuggler detected

1:08 pm on 18 September 2011

An Irish man has been arrested in Brazil with almost 1kg of cocaine hidden in his stomach.

He was detained as he tried to board a flight from Sao Paulo to Brussels.

Police say they became suspicious because he looked nervous. When questioned, he admitted having swallowed sealed capsules of cocaine.

He was taken to hospital, where he expelled 72 capsules that contained 830 grams of the drug.

The BBC reports he could face five to 15 years in prison.