Drugs smuggler in pregnancy shock

German officials say they caught a Thai woman smuggling cocaine in her body, only to find that - unbeknownst to her - she was also carrying a baby.

The 30-year-old woman was arrested at Frankfurt airport. An X-ray revealed 41 packets of cocaine in her stomach, each weighing 0.3 ounces (8 grams).

She was taken to hospital to have the drugs removed. Doctors there then discovered that she was pregnant.

The woman, who said she was not aware of the pregnancy, is now behind bars.

"The young woman did not know that she was not just endangering her own life by carrying this risky cargo in her body," Hans-Juergen Schmidt, a spokesman for the customs office in Frankfurt, was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.

She was arrested last week after arriving in Germany on a flight from South America.

-- BBC 5 August 2009

LaoPo

Wrong pix!I think,its local yaba?And its not baby?!

Hello, it did not say how the police could guess she had the drugs inside her body. It is sad for the baby to be born in prison, and it should open the eyes of the young lady to make better choices in life. Cheers.

And she's suprized to be caught - single Thai woman arriving in Germany (anywhere in Europe actually) from South America is going to stick out to customs like a sore thumb.

Having very little understanding of the South American drug dealers, the mules they use, and diversionary tactics, transport etc, why would I not be surprised if there was a substantial amount of drugs on the same flight that got thru.