Passenger faces 25 years in prison after SIX Kinder eggs full of cocaine are found inside him

An Irishman in Australia allegedly stuffed six Kinder Surprise eggs filled with cocaine. The man, 28, was charged after being arrested by police in Melbourne, Australia

Police said they charged the man "with excreted six yellow plastic caps" (

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An Irish passenger has been charged after he allegedly tried to hide cocaine-filled Kinder eggs inside his body and could now face up to 25 years behind bars.

The 28-year-old man was arrested by border control officers at Melbourne Airport on December 28. He has been charged with one count of importing a "marketable quantity of a border-controlled substance" and is due in court in March.

After being questioned by officers, he was taken to the nearby Royal Melbourne Hospital for a scan, which revealed six separate yellow Kinder Surprise egg capsules

Border Force and Australian Police said the man, who arrived in Melbourne on a flight from the Middle East, had "excreted six yellow plastic capsules".

Police claimed the eggs contained approximately 120g of cocaine. Five of them, they claimed, were wrapped in condoms and the other in plastic wrap.

The man was charged with one count of importing a "marketable quantity of a border controlled substance" (

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Since the charges, he appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court on December 30 and has been remanded in custody.

Acting Australian Federal Police Detective Superintendent Chris Salmon said: 'Internal drug smuggling is silly.

"There is a real risk that something could go wrong, resulting in a potentially fatal drug overdose or permanent damage to internal organs."

The Border Force said: "It is not worth risking your health attempting to transport drugs into our country as ABF agents are highly trained in detection and will ensure that you be stopped at the border."