FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2006 file photo, a silicone gel breast implant is shown at Mentor Corp., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, in Irving, Texas. Federal health officials say the latest data on silicone breast implants show they are relatively safe, despite frequent complications that lead about one in five women to have the implants removed within ten years. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam, File) (AP2006)
Maybe she was feeling a tad uncomfortable up top.
A woman in the Madrid international airport was acting a little strange when she was going through the security checkpoint – so they stopped her for further screening.
Agents found nothing in her bag that was suspicious – and then they patted her down. Her breasts, authorities said, “revealed irregularities and deformations.” The 43-year-old Venezuelan woman "became nervous and confessed to carrying cocaine implants," a police statement said Friday.
The woman, who had flown from Colombia, admitted she had almost 4 pounds of cocaine stuffed in her breast implants.
The suspected drug smuggler was transferred to a hospital where she was detained for an alleged crime against public health, the statement says.
Spain employs a police unit to specifically check passenger arrivals from major drug-producing countries. Two years ago, a Panamanian woman made headlines after she was stopped at the Barcelona airport after they found 3 pounds of cocaine hidden in her breast implants.
In that case, border police noticed fresh scars and blood-stained gauze on her chest as well as pale patches beneath her skin. She didn’t immediately admit carrying cocaine, so suspicious authorities sent her to a local hospital where the implants were removed and found to contain cocaine.
Based on reporting by The Associated Press.
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