81-year-old Danish woman traveling from Africa to Canada arrested at Warsaw airport on suspicion of illegal possession of heroin worth over $515,000, officials say.
WARSAW, Poland --to Canada was arrested at Warsaw airport on suspicion of illegal possession of heroin worth over $515,000, officials in Poland said Friday.
Customs officers at Frederic Chopin airport decided to check the woman's luggage Sunday as she was transiting after becoming suspicious of her itinerary and uneasy behavior.The woman, traveling from Malawi and Kenya through Doha and Warsaw, denied any wrongdoing and said family members had given her the suitcase with gifts for relatives in Canada, according to Aleksandra Skrzyniarz, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office in Warsaw.
She was detained for three months and prosecutors have opened an investigation. Under Polish law, she faces up to 15 years in prison for illegal possession of narcotics.
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