Argentine Tourist Arrested at Tokyo's Haneda Airport with 101 Cocaine Capsules in Stomach`

`Argentine woman arrested cocaine Haneda Airport Japan drug smuggling`

`Argentine Tourist Arrested at Tokyo's Haneda Airport with 101 Cocaine Capsules in Stomach`

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Japanese authorities arrest 30-year-old Argentine woman at Haneda Airport after X-ray reveals 101 cocaine capsules worth $152,000 inside her body.

Argentine woman arrested at Haneda Airport with 101 cocaine capsules worth $152,000 hidden in her stomach.

Japanese authorities arrested a *30-year-old Argentine tourist* at *Haneda Airport in Tokyo* on suspicion of smuggling drugs by swallowing *101 cocaine capsules*.

*Rosa Micaela Quipildor* arrived from the *UK* alone. Suspicious behavior prompted customs officers to conduct an X-ray, which revealed *101 cocoon-shaped capsules* in her digestive system. Each capsule measured 5.2 cm and was wrapped in plastic and rubber-like material, containing about *1 kg of cocaine* valued at *$152,160*.

During interrogation, she confessed that a woman she met at a festival in Argentina offered her the job. She received the drugs in *Brazil* and agreed to transport them to Japan for *$7,000*.

The case reflects a surge in drug crimes in Japan, with *415 cocaine-related arrests* last year, a tenfold increase over the past decade.

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