NATIONAL Police officers arrested the two companions of a man who died after two packets containing cocaine exploded inside his body.
The deceased had swallowed 99 small bags containing 14.5 grammes of cocaine each, transporting almost a kilo and a half of the substance inside his body.
His companions were arrested and taken to a nearby hospital, where they received medical help to get the bags out of their bodies; in total the two mules were carrying 167 bags containing over a kilo of cocaine.