Customs spokeswoman Martina Kaňková informed about the case from the end of last week on Thursday.
According to the spokesperson, a man (44) of Polish nationality traveled by air on the route Medellin-Bogotá-Frankfurt-Prague.
“Customs officers detained the man based on a tip-off by an NPC criminal investigator. They checked the luggage first with an X-ray, then a physical check. They found four blocks wrapped in foil,” mentioned Kaňková.
The couple was supposed to sell tens of kilos of cocaine a year in Prague. According to the police, her arrest shakes the market
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It was subsequently revealed that there was cocaine inside. Among other things, criminal investigators will investigate whether the drug should have ended up on the Czech market. The detainee faces up to 18 years in prison.
The place from which the man traveled belongs to the synonyms of the drug business in Colombia, from which the drug with stimulating effects is smuggled further into the world.
In the past, the city of Medellin was infamously famous for the most famous drug lord in history, Pablo Escobar, whose drug cartel of the same name controlled almost the entire cocaine business in the USA in the 1980s and, in addition to producing tons of the drug, was responsible for many murders and assassinations.
In December 1993, the circle also “closed” in Medellin, when a large-scale manhunt by the security forces for Escobar, who was hit by a police bullet on the roof of one of the houses, ended there.
Photo: Customs Administration
The man was carrying almost five kilos of cocaine.
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