Tuesday, May 08, 2007

A man who swallowed a reported 51 balloons of heroin forced a Vietnam Airlines flight bound for Sydney, Australia to make an emergency return to Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport after the man began vomiting nylon bags, according to the airlines security chief Tran Tien Dung.

An hour and a half into the flight, a flight attendant saw passenger Nguyen Kant, 36, vomit a red nylon bag and lose consciousness. The airplane returned to Tan Son Nhat Airport. At no time was the airplane or other passengers in danger.

"Our medical staff on land immediately suspected that the passenger had swallowed drugs as he showed typical symptoms of heroin shock," Tran told the Thanh Nien Daily. Doctors said that at least one balloon burst open, causing pure tar heroin to leak into Kant's blood stream.

Hospital officials reported that Kant defecated 9 additional balloons and an ultrascan revealed 40 similar balloons of heroin still in Kant's stomach weighing more than one pound. There are no reports of Kant's medical condition or whereabouts.

In recent years, at least four Australians of Vietnamese descent have been caught trying to smuggle drugs from Vietnam to Australia. Vietnam issues a severe penalty for possessing, trafficking or trading more than 1.32 pounds (600 grams) of heroin - certain execution.

Labels: Airplane Weirdness, Drug Smuggling, Freaky Skiies, Odd News, Vietnam News, Weird News

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