Cocaine found in Barbie doll

Moscow - Russian customs officers detained an American woman on Sunday night at Moscow's international airport after finding …

Moscow - Russian customs officers detained an American woman on Sunday night at Moscow's international airport after finding 7 kg of cocaine hidden in a box with a Barbie doll, police said yesterday.

They did not name the woman, who was travelling with her son and was in transit from Peru to Slovenia.

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