AKIPRESS.COM - A drugs mule who bit a fellow passenger in a violent rage on an Aer Lingus flight to Dublin before dropping dead had £40,000 worth of cocaine inside him, it was reported today.

John Kennedy dos Santos Gurjao turned violent while suffering an overdose on a flight from the Portuguese capital Lisbon to Dublin.

The 24-year-old Brazilian was pronounced dead after the Airbus A320 diverted to Cork Airport.

A post-mortem reportedly found Gurjao had ingested 0.8kg of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of £40,000.

They were wrapped in 80 pellets, one of which have burst in his stomach, Daily Mirror reported.

Gurjao flew into a rage at around 5pm on Sunday, biting a passenger who attempted to retrain him. Other passengers on the plane, believed to be medics, also helped in efforts to calm the man.