A man flying from Dubai to Malta was found to have 95 capsules of suspected cocaine inside his stomach, police said on Wednesday.

The suspected drug mule, a 33-year-old Peruvian national, was searched after landing at Malta International Airport on Monday.

He was arraigned in court on Wednesday and charged with importing and aggravated possessuib of cocaine. Magistrate Monica Vella ordered that he be kept in preventative custody at Corradino Correctional Facility.

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