German caught after swallowing 1.4 kg of opium

German caught after swallowing 1.4 kg of opium

NAGOYA, Japan - An official at the customs office at Nagoya airport shows about 1.4 kilograms of opium in a plastic wrap on July 19, which Frank Frohlich, a 32-year-old German, allegedly swallowed in a bid to smuggle the drug into Japan. X-ray examinations revealed an unidentified solid matter inside Frohlich's stomach as he arrived at the airport from Thailand's Don Muang airport on June 28.

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