Last updated: 19 august, 2010 - 15:41 GMT

Zambia court jails woman for drug trafficking

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A court in Zambia has sentenced a 34 year old Namibian woman to five years imprisonment for drug trafficking.

She was arrested last week at Lusaka's International Airport with a pellet of cocaine hidden in her vagina.

She was on her way from Brazil.

BBC Focus on Africa's Mutuna Chanda reports.

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