A 28-year-old woman from the Dominican Republic was yesterday jailed for seven years and fined €16,300 after trying to smuggle into Malta 250 grammes of cocaine hidden in her private parts in January last year.

Candelaria Vasquez Carvajal was stopped by Customs officers at the airport and it was only an X-ray that revealed she was carrying two large tubes stuffed with the drug.

Ms Carvajal lived in Barcelona before taking the flight from Zurich. The court heard how the drugs were 41.3 per cent pure with a street value of almost €20,000.

Mr Justice Lawrence Quintano jailed her after taking into consideration the plea bargain with the Attorney General’s Office.

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