The Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI) Monday arrested a girl from Sierra Leone, who was in possession of 1,979 grams of cocaine value Rs 19.79 crore on the Mumbai worldwide airport, an official stated.
The girl, who had landed within the most metropolis from the Kenyan capital metropolis of Nairobi, was taken into custody on Sunday on a tip-off, the official added.
“We discovered the gadgets she was carrying, like sneakers, moisturiser bottle, shampoo bottle and so forth, had been heavy and inflexible. After we checked them, we discovered white powder hid in these things,” the DRI official stated.
When the powder was examined utilizing a discipline package with the apprehending workforce, it was discovered to be cocaine, the assertion stated.
“We seized 1,979 grams of cocaine value Rs 19.79 crore from the illicit market. She was positioned below arrest and has been remanded in judicial custody. Additional probe into the smuggling community is underway,” the official knowledgeable.
The newest improvement has come on the heels of a drug bust of an international cartel last Wednesday by the same agency wherein it arrested four people in reference to drug smuggling and seized over 9 kg of cocaine value Rs 100 crore from them.
The DRI had apprehended two feminine passengers of Indonesian and Thai nationality, who had come from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, from Chhatrapati Shivaji Worldwide Airport in Mumbai, together with 9.83 kg of cocaine.