AN African woman died shortly after she flew into London after swallowing 61 packages cocaine.

The woman, believed to be named Mary Kofi, died shortly after arriving at Heathrow on a flight from Ghana on May 29.

A member of the public found her at 1pm that afternoon in a great deal of pain sitting on a wall outside St Helier Hospital, in Sutton, Surrey. She was rushed to the emergency unit, but died just one hour later.

A post mortem revealed she had swallowed 61 packages of a white powder, believed to be cocaine.

Sutton detective inspector Mike Smith said: “Whilst still conscious, she told hospital staff she had flown in from Ghana to Heathrow, earlier that morning and that she was carrying a large amount of cocaine in her stomach.

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