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Kenyan woman held in cocaine bust at Thai airport identified

38 oblong packets with cocaine were found in her abdomen with another 42 in her socks and underwear. [Courtesy]

The identity of a Kenyan woman arrested on Saturday for attempting to smuggle cocaine into Thailand has been revealed.

Suamu Nkele was caught by customs officers at Suvarnabhumi airport in the nation’s capital Bangkok with more than one kilogramme of cocaine in her stomach.

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