Mumbai: DRI arrests Ivorian woman at airport with cocaine worth Rs 13 cr

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI on Thursday arrested a woman from Cote dIvoire in Africa at the Mumbai international airport allegedly with 1273 kilograms of cocaine worth Rs 13 crore an official said reported news agency PTIShe landed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport CSMIA on a flight from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia he said reported PTIDRI officials seized a staggering 1273 grammes of the white powdery substance purported to be cocaine with an illicit market value of approximately Rs 13 crore hidden within her handbagsAccording to DRI officials DRI officers apprehended a woman passenger of Cote dIvoire nationality who came to Mumbai and recovered 1273 grammes of a white powdery substance purported to be cocaine with an illicit market value of approximately Rs 13 crores from her possession at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport MumbaiThe drugs was ingeniously concealed in the inner layers of the handbag and clutch bag being carried by herThe passenger has been arrested under the provisions of the NDPS Act 1985 and remanded to judicial custodyShe was stopped on suspicion and a check of her luggage revealed cocaine worth Rs 13 crore The drug was concealed in the inner layers of the handbag and clutch bag she was carrying he said reported PTIShe was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act and further probe to unravel the drug supply chain is underway the official added reported PTIIn another case the Narcotics Control Bureau busted an international racket involving illegal trafficking of pharma drugs from India to Australia and has arrested three persons with amphetamine and other items worth Rs 3 crore an official said on Thursday reported PTIActing on a tip off on Tuesday that a consignment of drugs was being sent to Australia a DRI team visited a courier firm and zeroed in on a parcel containing a steel table he said reported PTIWhile examining the table drug packets were found concealed inside specially designed cavities These packets contained a white powder which turned out to be 9877 kilograms of amphetamine We have also seized 2548 kilograms of Zolpidem Tarterate tablets and 6545 kilograms of Tramadol tablets all cumulatively worth Rs 3 crore he said reported PTIA probe led to the arrest of one V Singh on Wednesday while his interrogation resulted in the nabbing of his associates G Mishra and P Sharma from Mumbai reported PTIWith inputs from PTI