Nigerian woman who ingested drugs worth Rs 10 crore arrested at Bengaluru airport
Bengaluru, Jul 31: A Nigerian woman who had ingested narcotic drugs valued at Rs ten crore has been arrested, an official in the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said on Wednesday.
DRI personnel had specific intelligence inputs about the woman, who had arrived at the Kempegowda International Airport on July 26 from Dubai, that she was possessing drugs, the official said.
The passenger was intercepted and, on sustained interrogation, admitted that she had ingested contraband in the form of capsules, DRI sources said.
She was produced before a judge for the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) cases for permission to conduct a medical examination and extract the capsules from her stomach.
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“A total of 57 capsules containing narcotics have been purged from her body. The contents of the capsules have tested positive for cocaine. The said 57 capsules, approximately one Kg, valued at Rs 10 crore, have been seized. The passenger has been arrested. Further investigation is under progress,” the official said.
DRI officials had also arrested under the NDPS Act an Indian passenger at the KIA with a hydroponic weed (cannabis), weighing 3.6 kg worth Rs 3.6 crore in the illicit market, on July 18.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
