Kuwait International Airport, given laxatives, which pushed 76 capsules containing heroin out of his intestines

Kuwaiti airport authorities have seized an aged Afghan passenger who had swallowed 750 gm of heroin in a bid to smuggle it into the oil-rich emirate, the Arabic language daily Alanba reported on Sunday.

Airport customs inspectors at the Kuwait International Airport suspected the passenger when they noticed he was confused while searching his baggage.

“When they did not find anything suspicious in his luggage, they took the man to hospital, where tests showed there were strange objects inside his belly…he was given laxatives, which pushed 76 capsules containing heroin out of his intestines,” the paper said.

It quoted customs chief Mubarak Al Qahtan as saying they succeeded in seizing the heroin because of their “wide experience in such smuggling methods.”

The paper said the Afghan told police that he had brought the drugs for an unidentified person who was supposed to meet him at the airport.

“The defendent will be interrogated by the anti-drug inspectors so they can identify the unknown dealer,” it said, adding the Afghan has been charged with smuggling narcotics and that he faces execution according to the Kuwaiti law.