Man died on plane after drugs burst in stomach

Postmortem finds Brazilian man John Kennedy Santos Gurjao had 0.8kg of suspected cocaine in 80 pellets

Garda technical team pictured during the examination of an Aer Lingus at Cork Airport on which the 24-year old man died. Photograph: Daragh McSweeney/Provision

Garda technical team pictured during the examination of an Aer Lingus at Cork Airport on which the 24-year old man died. Photograph: Daragh McSweeney/Provision

Gardaí have started an investigation after a postmortem confirmed a 24-year-old Brazilian man died on board an Aer Lingus flight to Dublin when a consignment of drugs burst in his stomach.

A postmortem by Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margot Bolster confirmed John Kennedy Santos Gurjao had ingested around 0.8kg of suspected cocaine in 80 wrapped pellets. One of the pellets burst and he became ill on the flight from Lisbon to Dublin on Sunday.

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