Sint Maarten: Woman took possible drug overdose
On Saturday, August 7th at approximately 01.30 p.m., a Simpson Bay Police Patrol was sent to the Princess Juliana International Airport to investigate a case, where a lady was found unconscious in the restroom.
On the scene the investigating officers spoke the personnel of airport security who took them to the restroom room where the lady in question was found. In the restroom they found a lady lying on the floor with a very weak pulse.
The lady in question had a syringe in her mouth and in the immediate surrounding of the victim there were two small plastic bags containing a small amount of heroine and cocaine. The lady in question with initials C.E.S.C. from Venezuela possibly lost consciousness while injecting herself with one of these illegal substances. Personnel of the Airport Fire Department arrived on the scene and provided the victim with first aid. Dr. DEKETH arrived shortly on the scene and reanimated the victim.
The victim, after regaining consciousness admitted to the doctor and investigating officers that she is a drug addict. She was taken to the Sint Maarten Medical Center for further medical treatment. The syringe and drugs were confiscated for further investigation.
