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A Venezuela-born man holding a Spanish passport, Gerardo Jose Ruiz Pena, 45, this afternoon admitted in court to association to import drugs and being in possession of heroin.

He was taken to court after the police found him in possession of 83 capsules in his stomach containing 830 grams of heroin.

He was arrested with a female companion at the airport on Friday after arriving on a flight from Düsseldorf. No drugs were found on the woman.

This was the second such arrest by the police and the Customs Department in a week.

Mr Pena was remanded in custody and will now appear before a judge for sentencing.

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