ABSTRACT
To detect the body packers at international border and how to manage them. Patients brought by law enforcement agencies from international departure lounge were admitted and their CT scan abdomen scout view was performed and capsules were counted. They were keenly observed and treated symptomatic along with laxative. Stool was checked for capsules every time they went to toilet. Capsules were collected, opened or cut and examined for chemical assay. They were discharged and handed back to law enforcement agencies after clearance. The study was done at National Poison Control Center and Department of Radiology in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi from 1999 to 2002. out of 380 cases of body packers reported to NPCC ended up in 2 mortalities that gave the recovery rate of 99.47%. The complications observed were intestinal obstruction [2], intestinal perforation [1], respiratory depression, and coma [2]. CT scan [scout view] is mandatory and become a potential document for giving clearance certificate to the body packers