Drugs found inside woman

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Kate Uebergang
February 01, 2008 12:00am

A YOUNG drug courier swallowed 64 cocaine-filled pellets in Thailand and then got on a flight to Melbourne, a court heard yesterday.
Aiqing Huang, 22, was stopped by Customs officers at Tullamarine airport on May 24 last year after stepping off a flight from Bangkok.
The County Court was told Customs officers detected residue traces of narcotics in Huang's baggage.
Huang, a Singaporean citizen, told officers she was in pain and was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital.
She later passed the pellets and consented to an internal search, which produced a cocaine-filled condom from her vagina.
Huang pleaded guilty at the County Court yesterday to one count of importing a marketable quantity of cocaine.
Prosecutor Linda Skoblar told the court Huang had smuggled 302.1g of cocaine.
Ms Skoblar said while the amount was not at the high end of the scale, it was not an insignificant quantity.
Defence lawyer Anthony Brand told the court his client, who has a five-year-old daughter, was pressured into trafficking the drugs after meeting a friend in Bangkok.
Mr Brand said Huang was given a return ticket and up to $900 for her expenses for a week in Australia.
While Huang hadn't sought payment, she was going to use any money to help her mother, who had cancer, he said.
"She doesn't use drugs, doesn't sell drugs and has nothing to do with drugs in Singapore," Mr Brand said.
Judge Michael McInerney remanded Huang in custody to be sentenced on a date to be set.

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