A 40-year-old Venezuelan national was sentenced to 19 months in prison in Antigua after authorities discovered 74 cocaine-filled pellets hidden in his abdomen during his entry into the country.
Renzo Eduardo Sanoja’s run-in with the law began on October 18 when he arrived at the V.C Bird International Airport via an InterCaribbean flight originating in Guyana with a stop in Barbados.
Suspicion arose upon his arrival in Antigua that afternoon, leading the police and customs officers to investigate further.
With the assistance of a bilingual customs officer, they obtained Sanoja’s consent to search him. However, it was not until he was taken to a local hospital for an X-ray that the 74 concealed pellets were detected in his stomach.
Over two days, these pellets, each containing an unidentified white substance, were expelled from his body.
