Nigerian woman carrying drugs arrested in Kolkata
Kolkata, July 10 : The Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) Kolkata unit arrested a Nigerian woman here for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs by concealing them in her private parts, a senior officer said on Tuesday.
"David Blessing (30), a Nigerian national has been arrested from Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International airport on Monday evening with 20 LSD blots from her bag. The accused later took out 12 grams of cocaine concealed in her private body part," NCB Kolkata unit Zonal Director Dilip Kumar Srivastava said in a statement.
According to Srivastava, the woman came to Kolkata from Mumbai in a Jet Airways flight on Monday night and was immediately intercepted at the airport.
"During further interrogation, she revealed that more contraband substances were concealed inside her lower abdomen which she is unable to take out on her own," the officer said.
"She was rushed to a local hospital for an X-Ray of her lower abdomen and a trans-vaginal ultrasonography. The reports showed some concealment in her uterus," he revealed.
The incident comes after five Chinese nationals were arrested here for carrying 200 kg of amphetamine worth Rs 40 crore.
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Veteran Bengali actor Manoj Mitra hospitalised, condition 'critical'
Kolkata (PTI): Veteran Bengali actor and eminent theatre personality Manoj Mitra has been hospitalised with old age-related ailments and his condition is “very critical”, officials of the medical facility said.
The octogenarian was admitted to hospital with breathing trouble, sodium- potassium imbalance among other health issues, they said.
“Mr Mitra’s condition is very critical. He is under observation,” one of the doctors treating him told PTI on Sunday evening.
Famous for his stellar performances in films like Tapan Sinha's ‘Banchharamer Bagan’, Mitra has also acted in legendary director Satyajit Ray’s classics ‘Ghare Baire’ and ‘Ganashatru’.
Mitra, 85, also featured in films of eminent directors Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Basu Chatterjee, Tarun Majumdar, Shakti Samanta and Goutam Ghose.
He has written over 100 plays.
Among several accolades, the thespian won the Sangeet Natak Akademy Award for Best Playwright in 1985.
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