The facade of the Nantes University Hospital -

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Doctors removed no less than 36 cocaine capsules from his stomach, one of which had torn, the equivalent of 400 grams of the product.

On Wednesday, a 45-year-old woman died at Nantes University Hospital after having ingested drugs, reveals the daily

Presse Océan

.

This Dutch woman, living in Belgium, had several illnesses in her hotel room at the end of last week before being admitted to the hospital.

An investigation has been opened for "drug trafficking" and "manslaughter", the Nantes prosecutor's office confirmed to our colleagues.

The departmental security is responsible for knowing more about the death of this woman, how she became a "mule", and to whom this drug was intended.

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