DRI seizes cocaine worth Rs 17 crore from Tanzanian woman at Mumbai airport

Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 1,718 grams of cocaine valued at Rs 17.18 crore from a Tanzanian woman at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, officials said on Friday.

The passenger had arrived from Entebbe in Uganda when the DRI, acting on specific intelligence, launched an operation on Thursday. She was intercepted shortly after landing.

A detailed inspection of her baggage led to the recovery of two food packets filled with white powder, a plastic container with a similar substance and a pouch containing pellets. Officials said the woman had also ingested two capsules in an attempt to smuggle drugs internally.

All the substances tested positive for cocaine using NDPS field test kits. The woman was subsequently arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

(with inputs from agencies)