After he was stopped by the police for alleged drug trafficking to school children, a Mostar drug dealer D.P. swallowed two small bags of white powdery substance, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton's Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

The police knew the suspect from before as a drug addict, and they stopped him in front of the Tenth Elementary School in Mostar, after receiving information that he was selling drugs to school children in front of the school.

Upon stopping to speak to the police, D.P. swallowed two small bags filled with white powdery substance, after which the police took him to the local hospital where is will remain for observation.