SAN JOSE: An American in Costa Rica was caught smuggling nearly a pound of cocaine in his stomach after he went into convulsions on a plane bound for Miami, police said on Friday.
The 22-year-old man swallowed dozens of capsules stuffed with the drug before boarding a plane on Thursday in the Costa Rican capital, San Jose. Police said he started to vomit and convulse before the plane took off and was rushed to a hospital where he was still recovering on Friday.