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Jailed drug suspect goes 40 days without pooping

By Mike Moffitt, SFGATE Published 11:47 am, Monday, February 26, 2018

A British man jailed on suspicion of swallowing drugs has not had a bowel movement in 40 days, thwarting police efforts to recover the evidence.

A suspected British drug dealer has gone more than five weeks in jail without moving his bowels in a determined toilet strike.

Essex police have detained Lamarr Chambers, 24, since Jan. 17, when he was arrested on drug charges in Harlow, Essex. Chambers is believed to have swallowed some of the drugs police say he possessed before his arrest.

Essex Live reported that Chambers' lawyer said his client would rather die than poop.

Andrew Horsall asked Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Friday to release Chambers as his "life is at risk" and he doesn't want to be resuscitated if he collapses.

But prosecutors say no poo, no release.

"It is quite a clear-cut application," prosecutor Bob Rowlingson told the court. "Mr. Chambers has been refusing treatment, it is clear he is preventing the passing of evidence of the drugs he swallowed prior to his arrest."

While Chambers initially refused food, eventually he began accepting cereal bars, eating up to eight a day, according to Essex Live. He has since switched to fruits and vegetables, but also ate some fish prepared by his mother prior to his court date.

Chambers has been drinking water, but he refused laxatives.

Long-term fecal retention can result in a stool impaction that requires intervention in the form of enemas, endoscopy or even surgery. Extreme constipation can lead to fatal cardiac arrest.

BoSoxGal wrote:He’s going to end up dead - assuming he’s not also on a hunger strike, he’s going to perf his bowel from mass blockage - or OD when the condoms break. Clearly his brain is as constipated as his plumbing.