A Colombian drug trafficker yesterday admitted to smuggling some 70 capsules of drugs into the country on Tuesday on a flight from Holland, where he is studying.

Ricardo Gravina, 33, admitted to importing the drugs and conspiring to import and importing cannabis for his own personal use.

He was stopped by customs officials and taken to hospital, where he was found to be carrying some 70 capsules of drugs in his stomach.

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