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TWO Zambian women have been charged with drug offences after flying into Sydney allegedly carrying pellets of heroin in their stomachs.

The pair, aged 31 and 29, arrived at Sydney airport on Christmas Day on a flight from Dubai and were interviewed by customs officers, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said in a statement.
“During questioning, customs officers became suspicious the women may have been concealing drugs internally,” the statement said.
AFP officers then took the women to a Sydney hospital for a medical examination.
“The AFP will allege in court that one of the women later passed 51 pellets believed to contain heroin… the second woman passed 58 pellets,” the spokesman said.
Forensic experts are working to confirm that the pellets contain heroin and its purity and exact quantity, the AFP said.
Both women have been charged with importing a marketable quantity of a border controlled drug, and they will appear in Sydney’s Central Local Court today.
The maximum penalty for the offence is 25 years’ jail and/or a fine of up to $550,000.