Smuggler swallowed 2.2kg of cocaine
A drugs smuggler who swallowed 2.2kg of cocaine packed into 218 packages has been arrested at Schiphol airport, reports news agency ANP.
The man was on a flight from Suriname and was held for several days while his body expelled the packages.
Airport police have also arrested their oldest ever smuggler, a 78-year-old man from the Dominican Republic who had 2kg of drugs in his suitcase, ANP says.
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