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Dutch cocaine smuggler arrested in Lima 09/05/2008 00:00

The Dutchman had eight kilograms of cocaine hidden in bags of candy.

9 May 2008

PERU - Police in Peru have arrested a Dutchman who was trying to smuggle eight kilograms of cocaine on to a flight bound for Spain.

The drugs had been hidden in bags with candy but were detected by an X-ray machine at Lima's airport.

The 34-year-old man told police he had been promised EUR 2,600 for delivering the drugs.

[Radio Netherlands / Expatica]

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