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A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for attempting to smuggle drugs into Europe.
A judge in Suriname passed the sentence after the teenager was arrested at an airport in Suriname on 17 March 2003. The boy was preparing to board a flight to the Netherlands when it was discovered that he had swallowed 88 cocaine-filled balloons.
According to The Associated Press, the boy had been carrying a total of 725 grams of cocaine.
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