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76-year-old woman arrested at Rio de Janeiro with six kilos of cocaine
Airline Industry Information, Feb 29, 2000
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Brazilian customs agents arrested a 76-year-old woman at Rio de Janeiro
airport on the evening of 27 February for being in possession of six
kilograms of cocaine.
The woman was preparing to board a flight to Portugal when the drug was
found in her luggage contained in tins of oil and powdered milk. The woman
claims to have no knowledge of the containers and she has been arrested and
detained on international drug trafficking charges.
This is apparently the third elderly woman who has been caught trying to
smuggle cocaine from Brazil to Portugal according to Agencia EFE.
