[Intracorporeal concealment of narcotics. Experience of medicolegal emergencies at the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital in Paris: 100 cases].

One hundred cases of intracorporeal concealment of narcotic drugs were observed over a 6-month period at the medico-judicial emergency centre of the Hotel-Dieu hospital, Paris. Twelve cases concerned dealers who had ingested packs at the time they were arrested. The other subjects had been carrying the drug in their digestive tract, rectum or vagina for transportation.