ABOUT 130 heroin pellets have
allegedly been found in the intestines of a Malaysian woman after she
got off a flight at Sydney Airport.
A 25-year-old Nigerian man, who was waiting to collect the drugs, was then arrested outside a restaurant in Kings Cross, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said in a statement.
The 27-year-old woman was stopped for questioning when she arrived at Sydney International Airport on a flight from Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday morning.
During questioning, Customs and Border Protection officers became suspicious that she may have been concealing drugs internally.
The AFP was contacted and the woman was transferred to hospital for examination, where scans revealed about 130 pellets in her intestines.
After arresting the Nigerian man, police said they searched his home and uncovered a small amount of white powder and scales.
The Nigerian has been charged with attempting to possess a marketable quantity of a border controlled drug, which carries a maximum penalty 25 years imprisonment and/or a $550,000 fine.
He is due to appear at Sydney Central Local Court today.
The woman remains in hospital and has passed a number of pellets, which will be forensically tested to confirm the presence and purity of illicit drugs.
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