- Saturday, March 22, 2025
She was held in Mumbai airport after alighting from Sao Paulo on a specific tip-off received by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
By: India Weekly
A WOMAN from Brazil was held at Mumbai airport allegedly with cocaine worth ₹111 million (£1m), a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence official said on Thursday (20).
She was held after alighting from Sao Paulo from flight AF 218 on a specific tip-off received by the Mumbai zonal unit of the DRI, the official added.
“We found seven pouches containing a viscous liquid that had been stitched to her inner clothing. The liquid was found to be cocaine after it was tested using a field kit.
“She confessed to carrying 1.11 kilograms of cocaine in liquid form. She was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,” he said. (PTI)
