The officers from the Mumbai Airport Customs on Monday arrested a Ugandan national woman for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine worth Rs 9.80 crore at the at International Airport.
According to the Customs, on Monday officers seized 980 grams cocaine worth Rs 9.8 crore from an Ugandan lady passenger who had arrived by Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa.
“The contraband was seized under NDPS, which was found concealed by the passenger in her undergarments. The passenger has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody,” said a customs official.
The officials are now probing where the contraband was sourced from and who was supposed to receive the consignment.
Officers of Mumbai Airport customs seize 980 grams Cocaine worth Rs 9.8 Cr from a Ugandan lady pax
Contraband was seized under NDPS Act.@s_somen pic.twitter.com/FS77IJ555Y
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