Hashish Body Packing : A Case Report

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A 42-year-old African male was brought by the police to the emergency department under suspicion of drug smuggling by body-packing.

Plain abdominal radiograph showed multiple foreign bodies within the gastrointestinal tract.

Contrast-enhanced abdominal CT confirmed the findings, and the patient admitted to have swallowed “balls” of hashish.

Body-packing is a recognized method of smuggling drugs across international borders.

Body packers may present to the emergency department because of drug toxicity, intestinal obstruction, or more commonly, requested by law-enforcement officers for medical confirmation or exclusion of suspected body packing.