Anything to declare, madam? Nigerian woman arrives in U.S. with these 180 heroin capsules inside her
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2 J e0 J- }( DCustoms officials at Dulles International Airport say a Nigerian woman set an unfortunate record when she tried to smuggle almost five pounds of heroin into the country.& ~+ F. [0 d# Z# j: [3 o
5 x& ]3 g d1 o' g3 H0 w+ d! w% x# Q! k5.39.217.76Authorities say 52-year-old Bola Adebisi ingested 180 thumb-sized pellets filled with heroin.
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# L1 `$ o9 }4 i# a) utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOfficers became suspicious of her Saturday when she was questioned by border patrol officials after arriving on Ethiopian Airlines flight 500 which originated in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and stopped in Rome, Italy.
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$ h3 E! T: w& }! P2 ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb Heavy load: Bola Adebisi, 52, was taken to hospital and kept there until she passed these 180 pellets- approximately 5lbs- of heroin naturally
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She said she was coming to the U.S. to visit her brother, but couldn't describe him or say his address. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# X2 o B6 r/ j' U1 d) D& @0 `; O
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A routine pat-down following the questioning found her stomach to be abnormally rigid which set off mental warning bells.
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3 Q1 z( ]1 w1 F+ C- z公仔箱論壇An X-ray revealed the 180 pellets and she was taken to the hospital. 公仔箱論壇, ]- |% ?: A7 j- E4 N
- F) Z$ J0 k6 X, q4 [! m/ Q9 {- o- wShe stayed overnight in the hospital until doctors confirmed that she had passed all of the pellets.
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Hotspot: Last year, the record number of heroin smuggled into Dulles airport, in Virginia near Washington, D.C., was 100 pellets (about 4lbs)
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In total, the heroin is estimated to be worth $150,000. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。1 ]( V7 W6 C9 g3 D
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‘The amount of pellets and heroin this woman ingested is incredible, a serious health risk, and very troubling if these numbers become the new normal,’ said Christopher Hess, director of Customs and Border Patrol for Washington, D.C.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" \" E# H; ?$ G& n/ r5 S
9 T: B5 B$ G: m$ P l0 m公仔箱論壇She now faces a felony drug smuggling charge.
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The previous record for an ingested drug seizure at Dulles occurred last year, when another Nigerian was discovered with more than four pounds of pellets.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 o9 ?" t5 ]6 x
" w7 y( ]: O1 z5 v9 K5.39.217.76That time, the illegal stunt was done by a 46-year-old man and, for comparison, only involved 100 pellets.
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