- Title: PERU: Two Serbians arrested in Peru airport for carrying drugs in their stomaches
- Date: 13th August 2014
- Summary: LIMA, PERU (AUGUST 13, 2014) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF ANTI-DRUG OFFICE IN CALLAO ANTI-DRUG PROSECUTOR JUAN MENDOZA ENTERING OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JUAN MENDOZA, ANTI-DRUG PROSECUTOR, SAYING: "The anti-drug office and the police managed to intervene when two citizens of Serbian nationality who respond to the names of Dakic Uros, 21, and Nikoa Radojicic, 27, who were try
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- Location: Peru
- Country: Peru
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Two Serbian men were arrested at Peru's Jorge Chavez International Airport accused of carrying cocaine filled capsules in their stomachs last Saturday (August 9).
Minutes before boarding their Holland-bound plane, Nikola Radojicic, 27, allegedly confessed to police that he was transporting drugs in his stomach and was suffering severe aches, local media reports.
Radojicic, a former European league basketball player, along with fellow Serbian Dakic Uros, 21, were interrogated by police and their belongings searched before being detained and transported to a nearby hospital to pass the pills.
Anti-drug prosecutor Juan Mendoza confirmed the current status of the men.
"The anti-drug office and the police managed to intervene when two citizens of Serbian nationality who respond to the names of Dakic Uros, 21, and Nikoa Radojicic, 27, who were trying to transport drugs using the method of ingestion. These citizens are currently detained and hospitalised to rid the capsules containing drugs," Mendoza told Reuters.
Local media have reported that Radojicic had allegedly injested 23 capsules, each containing 10 grams of cocaine, while Uros had ingested nine capsules. Both men remain hospitalised and in police custody.
"When they are finished ridding the capsules containing drugs, they will be sumbitted to an investigatory process for 15 days underneath the watch of the second commanding anti-drug officer. Upon being found guilty, they will be transported to the Sarita Colonia prison and will probably receive a conviction for no less than eight years in prison," Mendoza said.
During the airport investigation, the men allegedly confessed that a Bulgarian man gave them the pills, who had told them he has lived in Peru for nearly two decades.
Police are investigating the men's possible connection to a Serbian cartel with established operations in Bolivia and which may be expanding to Peru. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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