Last Updated: Jan 16, 2023, 09:04 AM IST
More than a sixth of the cocaine consumed in France is smuggled inside the bodies of drug mules from its poverty-stricken South American region of Guiana.
Women -- some of them pregnant -- and even children are among those who risk their lives for a few thousands euros (dollars) by swallowing tightly wrapped packages of the drug, or hiding them in their body cavities.
"I had no other option. I needed the money," said 27-year-old Tonio, who -- weighed down with debt and with no wo ..