The drug mules carrying Europe's cocaine in their guts
Women -- some of them pregnant -- and even children are among those who risk their lives for a few thousands euros (dollars) by swallowing tightly wrapped packages of the drug, or hiding them in their body cavities.
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This file photo shows Dr Karim Hamiche looking at an abdominal X-ray, where cocaine ovules can be seen in the intestines of a mule, in Cayenne, French Guiana. (Photo by jody amiet / AFP)
By NewVision Reporter
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More than a sixth of the cocaine consumed in France is smuggled inside the bodies of drug mules from its poverty-stricken South American region of Guiana.
Women -- some of them