This woman who tried to pass off as pregnant was actually “wearing” a hollowed-out watermelon half-filled with blocks of cocaine.

The 38-year-old woman who was not named was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking in the Brazilian municipality of Guaratingueta on 29th November.

The woman was on a tour bus heading to the city of Rio de Janeiro, some 259 kilometres (161 miles) away when passengers found her supposed pregnant belly suspicious and alerted police.

They then found that the woman was not in fact pregnant, and had actually strapped the rind of half a watermelon to her body, which was filled with 2 kilogrammes (4.4 lbs) of cocaine paste wrapped up in four “bricks”.

The suspect confessed to the police that she had bought the drug in the neighbouring country of Paraguay, had passed through Sao Paulo, and was on her way to Rio de Janeiro, where the illegal substance was due to be delivered.

The woman, who has not been named, is awaiting trial. In a Facebook post, the Sao Paulo State Military Police acknowledged her “creativity” although it will not in any way reduce the substantial sentence she is likely to get if convicted.

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