Passenger caught smuggling half a kilo of cocaine in underwear

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Home News National Passenger caught smuggling half a kilo of cocaine in underwear Half a kilo of cocaine is found in the underwear of a Columbian passenger attempting to pass through customs as EU national. 8 August 2012, 12:00am Print Version A Columbian man travelling from Eindhoven, Holland, to Malta was stopped and searched today after attempting to pass through the ‘Blue Exit’ at the Malta International Airport. The Columbian was stopped when attempting to pass himself off as an EU National. Nothing was found after his luggage was searched, but 52 capsules of cocaine amounting to half a kilo were discovered in his underwear. The Customs Office said it immediately informed the police Anti-Drugs Division which has since commenced an investigation into the matter. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Election 2017 Far-right leaders make pitch for return to ‘trad... Election 2017 [WATCH] Muscat warns Labour voters to expect retri... Election 2017 AD: urgent state intervention in rent market requi... Election 2017 [WATCH] Prime Minister in switchers reachout once ... Election 2017 AD protests Electoral Commission’s decisions to ... Townscapes PD, PN and AD condemn development plans for old Mt... Election 2017 [WATCH] Simon Busuttil accuses Keith Schembri of b... National Dubai companies ‘target clients’ of Panama com... Court & Police Decree on phone location data in Cardona brothel c... Election 2017 Election Chat • A toxic campaign? Court & Police Pierre Portelli hands over extracts of FIAU report... Energy [WATCH] Letter of intent paves way for €320 mill... Announcements Maltese winemaker Delicata wins gold and bronze at... Election 2017 Alternattiva Demokratika boycotts ‘Zimbabwe’ B... Court & Police Updated \| Simon Busuttil testifies in third inquir... Anna Callus • The blue channel is for all persons arriving from other EU airports - it has nothing to do with the nationality of the passenger. Whoever wrote this piece confused the blue channel at Customs with the EU/EEA/CH queue at passport control for non-Schengen arrivals.		DealToday enter to win Trending Articles 1 MaltaToday Survey \| PL still leads by four points, Muscat trust by five 2 Bahrija landowners eyeing ODZ mega-project 3 From Matteo Renzi to Tony Blair, Joseph Muscat endorsed by former prime ministers 4 MITA suspicion that Kremlin-friendly hackers attacked government servers – The Observer 5 Updated \| Simon Busuttil testifies in third inquiry, insists 'bribery only plausible reason'