Two passengers arrested with drugs at Mauritian airport

Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Two passengers, believed to be Nigerians, aged 38 and 46 years, were intercepted last Friday at the Plaisance international airport, southern Mauritius, with 119 pellets of heroin in their stomach, the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) said in a communique on Thursday

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