Weird ways smugglers use to hide drugs

Dogs were forced to swallow packets of cocaine by South American gangsters so the drug could be smuggled into Europe, it was claimed yesterday. The 48 animals were then butchered to retrieve the consignments once they landed at Linate airport in Milan. An Italian judge yesterday ordered 49 suspects aged 19 to 37 from Ecuador, Peru and El Salvador – thought to be part of youth gangs known as ‘pandillas’ – to stand trial in 2013.