Smuggler Swallowed 101 Packets Of Cocaine

A man from south London has admitted swallowing 101 packets of cocaine and attempting to smuggle them through the port of Dover.

Kingsley Nwanekwu, a German national living in Greenwich, was jailed for eight and a half years after pleading guilty to the offences on the first day of his trial at Canterbury Crown Court.

Nwanekwu was stopped by UK Border Agency officers at Dover's Eastern docks on his arrival from Brussels on 26 November 2010.

After questioning him, officers conducted a body search and Mr Nwanekwu was arrested as officers suspected he had swallowed drugs.

After a day in custody the 47-year-old was found to have swallowed 101 packages, which contained a total of 1.27 kilos of cocaine with an estimated street value of £280,000.

He pleaded guilty on 5 July and was handed an eight and-a-half year jail term.

Malcolm Bragg, UK Border Agency's Criminal and Financial Assistant Director, said: "The concealment technique used by this individual shows the lengths some people will go to in order to avoid detection.

"The seizure of these drugs reflects the robust controls we have in place at the UK border which are backed by dedicated criminal investigation teams.

"Cocaine is a drug that destroys not only the lives of individual users, but also their families and the wider community."