NCB arrested two Peru nationals, including a woman, from Mumbai airport for allegedly smuggling over four kg of cocaine into the country, officials said on Thursday. The accused, Michael (35) and Mariya (25), were intercepted on Wednesday when they landed in Mumbai from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, they said.

The operation was based on an input provided by the American Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the officials said. They were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and 4.3 kg of "high grade" cocaine was seized from them, they said. This is the second instance of smuggling this year in which high quantity of cocaine, a party drug, was seized. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had seized about four kg of cocaine in Cochin earlier this year.