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Are terminally ill patients used as drug mules?
Updated On: 11 September, 2009 07:13 AM IST | | Ketan Ranga
Investigators believe it is the new technique to smuggle drugs, as two addicts arrested at airport suffer from AIDS and Tuberculosis
Investigators believe it is the new technique to smuggle drugs, as two addicts arrested at airport suffer from AIDS and Tuberculosis
August 26: A Zambian man, Gideon Mwale Holding, was arrested with 400 gm of heroin in his baggage
September 1: A Nigerian woman, Pumila Carline, is arrested at Mumbai airport with 980 grams of cocaine capsules in her stomach
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While the above-mentioned incidents aren't related, both drug runners are suffering from terminal diseases.
The 32-year-old Nigerian woman is an AIDS and TB patient, while the Zambian is HIV positive, according to a source.
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