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Warsaw: 81-year-old Danish woman caught smuggling heroin

2022-08-19T15:12:43.323Z


An elderly Danish woman has been arrested at Warsaw Airport after customs officials discovered drugs in the false bottom of her suitcase. The woman had been noticed because of her itinerary and her nervous demeanor.


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Arrest of the elderly Danish woman at Warsaw Airport

Photo: Krajowa Administracja Skarbowa

In Poland, the authorities caught an 81-year-old trying to smuggle more than five kilograms of heroin.

She was in transit from Malawi via Kenya and Doha and wanted to fly even further to Canada from Warsaw - which struck the border guards at Warsaw's Chopin Airport suspiciously.

In addition, the elderly woman was noticeably nervous.

During the inspection, the Customs and Tax Service officials discovered a double bottom in the suitcase.

After tearing down the extra wall of luggage, they found four packets of a beige substance with a granular consistency.

It was drugs: five kilograms of heroin worth almost 2.4 million Polish złoty, the equivalent of 508,000 euros.

Customs even released a video showing the drugs being found:

The officers arrested the travelers for drug smuggling, and the public prosecutor's office initiated proceedings.

The senior now faces a prison sentence of between three and 15 years.

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Source: spiegel

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