Madrid, Oct 20 (EFE) A 92-year-old woman was arrested at Madrid’s Barajas International Airport after more than four kilos of cocaine were found attached to her body, authorities said.
The arrest took place Friday, after the woman and a much younger female companion arrived aboard a flight from Brazil.
The behaviour of the wheelchair-bound woman aroused the suspicions of police.
The elderly lady and her companion were intending to catch a plane to the Spanish island of Tenerife but the younger woman bolted in “a crazy flight” when police began to carry out their control procedures on her, authorities said Monday.
The wheelchair-bound lady was inspected by the officers, who noticed that she had several packets attached – presumably taped – to her body, following which she was arrested.
Immediately afterwards, a search was launched in Terminal 4 for the woman’s 44-year-old Uruguayan companion, who was ultimately caught and taken into custody.
