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Rabat – A total of 1.395 kilograms of cocaine was removed on Thursday from the stomach of a Nigerian national at Ibn Rochd University Hospital, said the national police (DGSN).
Suspected of cocaine trafficking, the Nigerian national was arrested on January 4 at his arrival in the Casablanca Mohammed V Airport aboard a flight from Sao Paulo, said the police in a statement.
He was placed under medical surveillance at Ibn Rochd University Hospital with the aim of extracting cocaine capsules from his intestines.
Some 74 pills filled with 1.395 kg of cocaine were removed from the stomach of this trafficker who was remanded in police custody to conduct the investigation led under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor.
