Translations:Body packing/2/en

Small bowel anatomy with surrounding structures.

Seized cocaine containers (i.e. bodypacks).

Illicit drugs evacuated from a body packer. They are packed tightly and wrapped into aluminum foil.

• Body packers, also called "mules", swallow or insert drug filled packets into body cavity, usually to smuggle them across borders
• Packets usually made of several layers of latex and outer wax coating
• Each packet contains about 10g of drug and body packers ingest between 50 to 100 drug containers at a time
• Sometimes packets are inserted rectally or vaginally
• Distinct from Body stuffing (ingestion of illicit drugs while pursued by law enforcement, usually small quantity)