A 28-year-old Polish man is being held in custody after he was arrested at the airport on Sunday afternoon and found to be carrying nearly 900 grams of heroin in 87 capsules in his stomach.

The Pole was taken to court yesterday and pleaded guilty to association to traffic drugs.

The airport operation was conducted jointly by the police and Customs officers. The man flew in on a flight from Dusseldorf. 

 

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