Sierra Leonean woman arrested with Cocaine in India
By Hafsatu Z Bangura
Mumbai’s DRI has arrested a Female Passenger From Sierra Leone with ₹19.79 Cr worth of cocaine said to be concealed in some toiletries.
In a recent case, based on Intelligence developed by DRI, one female passenger of Sierra Leone nationality who came from Nairobi to Mumbai on March 24 was apprehended by DRI officers at CSMI Airport, Mumbai.
Examination of her luggage revealed that the items she was carrying viz. shoes, moisturiser bottles, shampoo bottles, and antiperspirants were unusually heavy and rigid. Further examination revealed that all of these items contained a white powdery substance ingeniously concealed in them.
On testing the same using the field test kit, it tested positive for Cocaine. Total 1,979 grams of white powdery substance purported to be cocaine with an Illicit market value of approx Rs. 19.79 crore was seized, and the passenger was arrested following her statement. She was then produced in the Court and was remanded to judicial custody.
