Anything to declare, madam? Nigerian woman arrives in U.S. with these 180 heroin capsules inside hertvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ h' e! K+ ^9 w+ l! {5 X. l
By Daily Mail Reporter
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5 I$ g/ z- g8 \9 x# Z5 j$ Q3 N. l: R公仔箱論壇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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) N5 K! |% j7 ]* a) B& s% KTVBNOW 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。Authorities say 52-year-old Bola Adebisi ingested 180 thumb-sized pellets filled with heroin. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ \6 W: @4 q7 E) _# x
5 J% ~0 B6 ~5 ]5 D' L7 VTVBNOW 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。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.
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/ E: G0 I3 B2 F4 e) Q2 A: P' rtvb 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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* Q8 O! k; e/ `' c, [% Y( \ yShe said she was coming to the U.S. to visit her brother, but couldn't describe him or say his address. ' g7 T& ~+ f) ?2 Y5 W
& w" z- q, d2 u8 t! R公仔箱論壇A routine pat-down following the questioning found her stomach to be abnormally rigid which set off mental warning bells. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, N4 ]. D' x7 f; @ Z
+ e* e8 i& s+ Z1 X& x: p4 xAn X-ray revealed the 180 pellets and she was taken to the hospital. 公仔箱論壇& O) v4 S- k/ d- ~6 l
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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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, f- x, `7 X. V g- A3 m- `5 ?0 qwww3.tvboxnow.com 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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. I, L9 X9 Z* V2 E6 |0 ~: `) z/ eIn total, the heroin is estimated to be worth $150,000.
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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.www3.tvboxnow.com' q; ^' c( y2 v- v# G. r
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She now faces a felony drug smuggling charge.
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That time, the illegal stunt was done by a 46-year-old man and, for comparison, only involved 100 pellets.
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