A DRUG mule who was caught with 56 capsules of pure heroin in his stomach has been jailed for life.

The 22-year-old Pakistani was arrested at Bahrain International Airport while smuggling drugs weighing 600gm.

Suspicious Customs officers detained him and transferred him to Salmaniya Medical Complex, where the drugs showed up on an X-ray of his stomach.

He was convicted by the High Criminal Court yesterday, which also fined him BD10,000.

Two other alleged drug dealers were arrested with the help of the 22-year-old, but are standing trial in a separate case.

“A Pakistani man told me to swallow these capsules and give it to a Pakistani man in Bahrain worth 300,000 Pakistani rupees,” he said in his statement to prosecutors.

“I was then caught and I helped the police arrest two other Pakistani drug dealers in Bahrain.”

He will spend 25 years behind bars before being deported.