Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a foreign national at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport with cocaine worth Rs 11 crore. The arrested, a national of Sierra Leone concealed 74 drug capsules, weighing 1,108 grams, in his body.
After getting specific information , the DRI officials intercepted the accused. During questioning, the accused told the DRI officials that he had ingested cocaine capsules. He was then admitted to JJ Hospital after obtaining a court order. A team of doctors removed 74 cocaine capsules from his abdomen.
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The accused was later arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and sent to judicial custody.
Earlier on March 24, a woman from Sierra Leone was arrested with 1,979 grams of cocaine valued at Rs19.79 crore. She had concealed the drug in shoes, moisturiser and shampoo bottles and antiperspirants.
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