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Woman uses walnuts to hide drugs, arrested in Dubai airport

Dubai authorities have arrested a woman in the airport after being caught of hiding 3 kilograms of drugs in six walnuts.
 
The arrest happened at the Terminal 3 of the Dubai International Airport. 
 
Dubai Customs said that drug peddlers have come up with unique and bizarre ways to smuggle drugs. 
 
A man was also caught concealing drugs to his cellphone battery. 
 
The Dubai Customs said that drug smugglers attempted to bring at least 14 kilograms to the country.
 
“These were part of 973 seizures of restricted and prohibited goods made at the airport over a period from January 1 to March 31,” the Customs said to Khaleej Times. 
 
Inspectors can identify drug smugglers by merely studying a person’s body language. 
 
Drug dealers tried to hide illegal drugs inside their bags, toys, motor spare parts, cellphone batteries, luggage secret pockets, nuts, shoes, clothes, banana, chocolates, stomach, and vehicles. 

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