
The Federal Police (PF) arrested a man this Wednesday (24/12), at Galeão Airport (RJ), with around 80 capsules of cocaine that he had swallowed. The suspect was preparing to board a flight to Paris, France, when he was arrested in the act, after admitting to ingesting drugs during routine airport checks.
The Rio de Janeiro Military Police (17th BPM) sent the suspect to the hospital due to drug ingestion. So far, it is confirmed that he has already expelled at least 57 capsules of the drug.
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The man will remain in the hospital until he has completely expelled the drug packets, then he will be sent to the Rio penitentiary system, where he will be available to the courts. He will be responsible for the crime of international drug trafficking.