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World Service,15 Dec 1993,29 mins

Smuggling Drugs into Britain

Talkabout Africa

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Over 400 Nigerian women have been imprisoned for smuggling drugs into Britain. With increased economic hardship in Nigeria, drug barons increasingly recruit women to carry cocaine and heroin on flights to the UK. Talkabout Africa tells their stories.

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