THEY ARE ACCUSED OF SEVERAL CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH

Two arrested at the airport for carrying more than a kilo of cocaine in their crotch

The arrested, a 20-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man, came from a flight from Madrid and aroused the suspicions of the Civil Guard agents "due to their apparent nervousness"

January 16 2018 (10:55 WET)
Two arrested at the airport for carrying more than a kilo of cocaine in their crotch
Two arrested at the airport for carrying more than a kilo of cocaine in their crotch

The Civil Guard of the Fiscal Detachment of the Lanzarote Airport arrested last 12th a young woman of 20 years, with initials M.F.R.G., and a man of 59, with initials M.M.A.A., both of Spanish nationality and without police records, as alleged perpetrators of several crimes against public health

Their arrest occurred after the agents who were carrying out fiscal surveillance tasks during the morning of the aforementioned day identified in two different interventions the aforementioned passengers, coming from a flight from Madrid, arousing the suspicions of the civil guards "due to their apparent nervousness." When searched, the agents found several packages with cocaine attached to their bodies, in the crotch: 558 grams in the case of the woman and 521 in the case of the man.

They were immediately arrested as alleged perpetrators of several crimes against public health, passing together with the seized cocaine at the disposal of the corresponding Court in charge of Arrecife, pending the Health Area of the Government Delegation to determine the exact amount and purity of cocaine.

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