Anything to declare, madam? Nigerian woman arrives in U.S. with these 180 heroin capsules inside her
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Customs 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.
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Authorities say 52-year-old Bola Adebisi ingested 180 thumb-sized pellets filled with heroin. www2.tvboxnow.com- c! e1 x! L) X, I, Y! y
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Officers 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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, n. m5 ~( ]5 q& y: s
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; u+ \9 B g" [9 A Heavy load: Bola Adebisi, 52, was taken to hospital and kept there until she passed these 180 pellets- approximately 5lbs- of heroin naturally6 T7 ?2 w, _6 q% X9 A8 S
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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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An X-ray revealed the 180 pellets and she was taken to the hospital.
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She 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 $150,000.
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2 \2 ] _1 M$ F. ]7 I7 o‘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.
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) d& y# i- C$ v公仔箱論壇She now faces a felony drug smuggling charge.
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+ o/ N! [( s3 ^. L6 x公仔箱論壇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.www2.tvboxnow.com" T: f# n8 a! y
( d2 \* a+ V$ q( [0 q3 b9 h' U+ H+ JThat time, the illegal stunt was done by a 46-year-old man and, for comparison, only involved 100 pellets.
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