This Canadian woman is fortunate not to have been caught in a Southeast Asian country like Malaysia or Indonesia where she would have been sentenced to death for attempting to smuggle dope.
WOMAN CAUGHT TRYING TO SMUGGLE 2KG OF COCAINE IN FAKE PREGNANCY BUMP
By Heather Saul
The Independent
September 12, 2013
Columbian authorities have arrested a woman for attempting to smuggle two kilograms of cocaine concealed under a fake pregnancy stomach.
The Canadian national was searched by police at Botega's International Airport, after she allegedly reacted aggressively when asked by a security official how far into her pregnancy she was whilst trying to board a flight to Toronto.
The woman then claimed she was seven months pregnant.
Her reaction aroused the suspicion of a female official, who touched her stomach and realised it was "too hard and extremely cold", according to Colonel Esteban Arias Melo, the deputy director of Colombia's police anti-narcotics section.
“[The Canadian] didn't like the question, which made the official suspicious. Instinctively, she [the official] then very delicately touched the lady's belly, realising it was too hard and extremely cold", he said.
Authorities then completed a full body search, leading to the discovery of two sealed bags of cocaine stashed inside a latex stomach, which would have had a street value of $60,000.
She will be charged with drug trafficking, possession and production and faces between five and eight years in prison if found guilty, Colombian police said.
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