Analytical Science and Technology (분석과학)

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Acute cocaine intoxication in a body packer

  • Park, Mee-Jung (Dept. of forensic science, National Institute of Scientific Investigation) ;
  • Lim, Mi-Ae (Dept. of forensic science, National Institute of Scientific Investigation) ;
  • Chung, Hee-Sun (Dept. of forensic science, National Institute of Scientific Investigation)
  • Received : 2005.11.11
  • Accepted : 2005.12.16
  • Published : 2006.02.27
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Abstract

A 35-year-old Perubian who suffered from grand mal seizures died in the aircraft on his way from the United States to Hongkong via Incheon international airport of Korea. While performing the autopsy, 115 packs made with double layer of transparent film and black plastic bag containing cocaine were found in the ileum and large intestine. Among of them, 3 packs were ruptured. To determine the concentration of cocaine and its metabolites, blood, urine, bile, liver, spleen, heart, kidney, brain and gastric contents were taken and toxicological analysis was performed. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) following liquid-phase extraction using chloroform:isopropanol (=9:1) and derivatization with bis(trimethylsilyl)-trifluoroacetamide (contains 1% trimethylchlorosilane) was performed. High levels of cocaine, benzoylecgonine (BE) and ecgonine methylester (EME) were found in the postmortem blood (0.96, 3.09 and $5.59{\mu}g/mL$) and urine (32.85, 145.35 and $53.17{\mu}g/mL$), respectively. Cocaine and its metabolites were also detected in all other biological specimen.

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