Smuggling of narcotics in body cavities
Haugen, O.A.; Dalaker, M.; Svindland, A.
Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin Ny Raekke 114(21): 2501-2502
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-2001 PMID: 7940455 Document Number: 431341
Smuggling of narcotics by internal concealment has increased considerably worldwide, including in the Scandinavian countries. During the period 1988-92, Norwegian custom officials reported 245 seizures where packets of narcotics had been inserted into the rectum or vagina, or had been swallowed. Based on two fatal cases as a result of intestinal obstruction and cocaine intoxication respectively, this report summarizes the main features of the "body packer" syndrome.