In a major swoop at the year-end, authorities have seized drugs worth nearly Rs. 32 million ($800,000) in two different cases at Mumbai airport on Friday.
In the first instance, a Nigerian woman, Olaywola Olayinka Sunmi, was caught attempting to smuggle out morphine concealed in 15 packets of women’s shoes. She was cleared to board Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-611 when she was detained and her luggage was searched. She holds a Nigerian passport (No. A-2643017), customs sources told IANS. Customs and Narcotics Control Bureau sleuths found 2,935 gm of the drug worth nearly Rs 30 million in the international market.
In the second case, an unidentified Indian national was caught while attempting to sneak out with 25 kg of catamine drug worth Rs 2.50 million in the world market.