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Woman believed to have swallowed nearly one kilo of cocaine intercepted at Athens airport

Woman believed to have swallowed nearly one kilo of cocaine intercepted at Athens airport

Officers of the police’s narcotics unit on Wednesday detained a 32-year-old Venezuelan woman after determining that she had swallowed nearly a kilogram of cocaine in 88 packages.

The woman arrived at Athens International Airport on a flight from Sao Paulo via Abu Dhabi.

Police believe the 32-year-old belongs to a drug racket that has been smuggling large quantities of cocaine from Latin America to Greece.

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