Nigerian Passenger Accused Of Smuggling 1.7kg Of Cocaine In His Intestines Through Dubai

A 40-year-old Nigerian man has been
accused of smuggling nearly 1.7kg of
cocaine capsules in his intestines via Dubai
in transit. A special device helped capture
the man carrying the cocaine in his
intestines. (screenshot)
Jail wardens did not bring the suspect from
his detention and present him before the
Dubai Court of First Instance where he was
scheduled to enter a plea on Sunday,
February 7. Presiding judge Mohammad
Jamal adjourned the hearing until the
defendant is brought from detention on
February 21.
Law enforcement officers at Dubai
International Airport were said to have
discovered that the Nigerian passenger,
C.J., had been carrying drugs in his
intestines when they had him checked at
the special detecting device at the airport’s
transit terminal in November.
The passenger was referred to Dubai
Police’s anti-narcotics department
immediately after the scanning device
exposed tens of capsules in C.J.’s intestines.
Drugs prosecutors charged the suspect with
smuggling 80 capsules that contained a
stone-like white substance via Dubai in
transit. A policeman claimed to prosecutors
that he was tasked with accompanying C.J.
to a public hospital to make him emit the
drug capsules.
“I escorted the suspect to the hospital
where he was provided with a medical
substance to help him emit the capsules. He
got out 45 capsules over a few hours,”
testified the policeman.
Dubai Police’s forensic laboratory
confirmed that the extracted capsules
contained nearly 1.7kg of cocaine.