A 52 year old Nigerian woman a.k.a Bola Adebisi was arrested at an airport outside Washington after ingesting nearly five pounds (over two kilograms) of heroin pellets, in what US officials called the
biggest bust of its kind. Nemesis caught up with her when the US Customs and Border Protection officers first grew suspicious of her after her arrival from Nigeria on March 14, as she claimed she was staying with her brother in the United States but was unable to provide his address, phone number or a physical description.
An agent at Washington Dulles International Airport then found her stomach to be particularly rigid during a routine pat down.
The 52-year-old was taken to a local hospital, where an X-ray detected a large amount of unusual objects in her stomach. And she then began passing pellets, according to the CBP.
After three days, Adebisi passed a total of 180 thumb-sized pellets for a combined weight of 4 pounds, 12 ounces (2,157 grams). The heroin has an approximate street value of about $150,000.
The seizure surpassed the previous record for ingested pellets, held by Yomade Aborishade, 46, of Lagos, Nigeria, who was arrested a year ago after expelling 100 pellets of heroin with a combined weight of a little more than four pounds (1,814 grams).
CBP spokesman Steve Sapp told AFP. “This is the largest, in pellet count and weight, by a swallower.”
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