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    Handout medical image released by the Brazilian Federal Police showing bags with cocaine inside the gastrointestinal tract of a 20-year-old Irish national arrested by police at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on September 12. The man, identified only as P.B.B., was stopped whilst trying to board a flight outbound for Brussels with 72 bags containing almost a kilogram of the drug inside his intestines.

    Irish national caught with cocaine in Brazil

    By Rich Shulman

    Brazilian police have released X-ray images of an Irishman they allege swallowed dozens of cocaine capsules in an attempt to smuggle the drug out of Sao Paolo.

    I can't decide what's more amazing about this: the clarity of the medical imaging, or the number of bags of cocaine this man was able to stuff down his throat.

    The 20-year-old was arrested Monday at Sao Paolo's Congonhas airport as he tried to board a flight to Lisbon, the Irish Independent reported Friday. He was en route to Brussels, the paper said. Read more in our full story...

    Update: msnbc.com Health story: How can 72 bags of cocaine fit in man's belly?