Law enforcement officers at Dubai International Airport discovered that the 40-year-old Nigerian passenger, C.J., had been carrying drugs in his intestines when they had him checked at the special detecting device at the airport’s transit terminal.

He was then referred to Dubai Police’s anti-narcotics department immediately after the scanning device exposed tens of capsules in his intestines. He was later escorted to the hospital where he was provided with a medical substance to help him emit the capsules.

He got out 45 capsules over a few hours. Dubai Police’s forensic laboratory confirmed that the extracted capsules contained nearly 1.7kg of cocaine. Drugs prosecutors have now charged him with smuggling 80 capsules of cocaine. If found guilty, he risks facing capital punishment (death).