Peru man nabbed at KLIA after cocaine found in system


SHAH ALAM: A man from Peru swallowed 95 capsules containing cocaine worth over RM230,000 and made it to Malaysia before he was finally caught.

The 20-year-old mechanic was allegedly hired by a Latin-American drug cartel to smuggle the drugs to a third country.

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