Mumbai: Brazilian woman held for smuggling cocaine worth Rs 11.1 cr in liquid form in pouchesShe 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.
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Mumbai: A woman from Brazil was held at Mumbai airport allegedly with cocaine worth Rs 11.1 crore, a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence official said on Thursday.
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 1110 grams of cocaine in liquid form worth Rs 11.1 crore. She was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act," he said.