It was hidden under a layer of the bag…
Mumbai: On Monday, Customs department officials at Mumbai airport arrested a passenger with cocaine worth over Rs. 28 crores. The drugs were hidden inside a duffle bag of the traveler, reported News agency ANI.
In a video shared by the new agency, customs officials can be seen tearing the bag to recover the drugs which were hidden under a layer of the bag. The clip shows the officials taking out a white substance from a packet.
A total of 2.81 kg cocaine valued at ? 28.10 crore was seized from the passenger’s bag.
The passenger told police that he was lured into carrying the contraband by a person he met on social media, news agency ANI quoted the customs as saying.
Last week, heroin and cocaine worth ? 47 crore was seized from two persons at the Mumbai International Airport. The drugs were recovered in an operation by the Mumbai Airport Customs Zonal Unit III. They caught 4.47 kgs of heroin with a value of ? 31.29 crore and 1.596 kgs cocaine worth ? 15.96 crore.
According to an official, the two accused were caught in different cases. One passenger, who landed at the airport from Johannesburg in South Africa via Nairobi in Kenya, was caught carrying 4.47 kg of heroin. The drugs were concealed in 12 documents.
The other passenger arrived on an Ethiopian Airlines flight and was apprehended after his bag was scanned.
1.596 kgs of cocaine was discovered concealed in buttons of kurtas and in false cavities inside women's handbags.
Both passengers were booked under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
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