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 h English (en)[[File:Blausen 0817 SmallIntestine Anatomy.png|thumb|Small bowel anatomy with surrounding structures.]]
[[File:Bodypacks.jpg|thumb|Seized cocaine containers (i.e. bodypacks).]]
[[File:PMC3522363 iranjradiol-08-205-g001.png|thumb|Illicit drugs evacuated from a body packer. They are packed tightly and wrapped into aluminum foil.]]
*Body packers, also called "mules",  swallow or insert drug filled packets into body cavity, usually to smuggle them across borders
*Packets usually made of several layers of latex and outer wax coating
*Each packet contains about 10g of drug and body packers ingest between 50 to 100 drug containers at a time<ref>Booker RJ. Packers, pushers and stuffers--managing patients with concealed drugs in UK emergency departments: a clinical and medicolegal review. Emerg Med J. 2009;26(5):316-20.</ref>
*Sometimes packets are inserted rectally or vaginally
*Distinct from [[Special:MyLanguage/Body stuffing|Body stuffing]] (ingestion of illicit drugs while pursued by law enforcement, usually small quantity)