An American man accused of swallowing 62 pellets of cocaine in a bid to smuggle them into New Zealand will be back in court today. Mark Henderson had arrived in Auckland from Chile when he was stopped by customs and allegedly found to be carrying 1.3 kilograms of the class A drug inside his body. Customs said the 41-year-old admitted to being an internal drug courier during a search of his luggage. He had also allegedly passed some of the pellets which customs staff say they found. He appeared in Auckland District Court yesterday afternoon and was remanded in custody overnight. He is due to appear again today on charges of importation of a Class A controlled drug. Eight months ago a Colombian woman travelling to New Zealand died after a package of cocaine burst inside her, and Customs Manager Investigations, Mark Day, said he is concerned by the risks smugglers are prepared to take. "Our successes in detecting people carrying drugs internally show that, while difficult to detect, our methods and responses have been effective", he said. "Individuals attempting to smuggle illicit drugs can go to great lengths to conceal them and Customs is continually reviewing its methods to determine how we can improve detection techniques."
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