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Arrested a Nigerian man who tried to transport drugs at the airport of Alghero-Fertilia, in Sardinia (Italy)

Alghero, Italy - He had swallowed 16 heroin ovules

A Nigerian of 28 year old resident in the province of Rome, was arrested yesterday after arriving at 11:45pm at the Alghero-Fertilia airport, in Sardinia (Italy) with a flight from Bologna. To make suspicious the Police was the lack of luggage and the fact that when was asked to him an identity document the man seemed tense and impatient to leave. The police of Alghero and Fertilia have thus led...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1129737
Rome, Italy, 05/18/2011 18:27
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