(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-04-07 15:20

ABU DHABI  -- Dubai police seized 800 grams of heroin which a Pakistani visitor had attempted to smuggle into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by putting them into his stomach, local newspaper Khaleej Times reported on Monday.

The suspect, identified as M.A., arrived at the Dubai International Airport on a flight from Karachi around 3 a.m. local time last Tuesday (2300 GMT last Monday), police said.

At the security check, the customs officials did not find anything unusual in M.A.'s baggage but grew suspicious on seeing his posture.

The customs officials then informed the police and admitted him to Dubai Hospital under tight supervision.

At the hospital, doctors recovered a total of eight plastic shells in the shape of eggs, which contained 800 grams of heroin, from M.A.'s body.

M.A. said that the heroin shells were given to him by someone who had coaxed him to smuggle it into Dubai in return for 5,000 US dollars.

Dubai police had referred the suspect to Dubai Public Prosecution, according to the report.