Suspect arrested with 1.138kg of cocaine in Bissau
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on O Democrata
Bissau-Guinean judicial police arrested a 40-year-old Luso-Guinean man suspected of international cocaine trafficking at Bissau airport on 2 November. He was carrying 100 capsules, representing about 1.138 kilograms, and was brought before the public prosecutor's office on 4 November, according to O Democrata.
Bissau-Guinean judicial police arrested a 40-year-old Luso-Guinean man at Bissau airport on Monday 2 November on suspicion of international drug trafficking. He was carrying 100 pellets containing about 1.138 kilograms of cocaine in his body as he was preparing to board a Royal Air Maroc flight to Lisbon via Casablanca, according to the Judicial Police, quoted by O Democrata.
Investigators identified this method of transport as a practice used by international drug networks. The rupture of capsules inside the body can lead to the death of people employed as couriers, according to the Judicial Police.
The suspect was brought before the public prosecutor's office on Wednesday 4 November for an initial judicial questioning and consideration of the measures provided for by law, according to the Judicial Police.
