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The comic books were stashed with cocaine. PHOTO: Bengaluru Customs/X
Bengaluru: Customs officials at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) arrested a passenger arriving from São Paulo, Brazil, after seizing cocaine worth Rs 38.6 crore hidden inside Portuguese-language children’s comic books.
The passenger, whose identity was not disclosed, was allegedly smuggling 7.72 kg of cocaine.
He was intercepted at Terminal 2 on January 21 and later arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, customs officials said in a statement on X.