The Airbus aircraft, in red and white livery, is parked at Gate 1 of the Curaçao airport. It's a Tuesday in June and passengers are waiting to board the jet. One young man dressed entirely in black stands out among the brightly clad vacationers on the Caribbean island.
Suddenly, customs officials rush into the departures hall and begin scanning the passengers with their eyes before their gazes settle on the man. When they lead him away, he doesn't resist.
The man had already caught their attention when he went through passport control, whereupon they examined the bag he had checked. They determined that the clothing in his suitcase had been soaked in liquid cocaine. More than six kilograms of the drug had been hidden using the not-uncommon method.
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