Mumbai: DRI arrests woman at airport with 11.94 kg heroine worth Rs 84 cr

An examination of the passenger`s baggage resulted in the recovery and seizure of 11.94 kg of creamish-coloured granules

A woman was arrested at Mumbai International Airport with 11.94 kg heroine worth RS 84 crore which was concealed inside the trolley bags and file folders, said the Directorate Revenue of Intelligence (DRI).

According to DRI, the officers of DRI Mumbai intercepted one Indian female passenger who had arrived from Harare to Mumbai via Nairobi vide Kenya Airways on Valentine's Day. An examination of the passenger's baggage resulted in the recovery and seizure of 11.94 kg of creamish-coloured granules.

"On testing with narcotics field testing kit, the substance tested positive for the presence of "heroin", a narcotic drug covered under the NDPS Act, 1985," a DRI officer said.

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"The seized NDPS substance, collectively weighing 11.94 kg, is valued at approximately Rs 84 crore in the illicit market. The substance was ingeniously concealed inside the trolley bags and file folders," the officer added.

The woman informed the DRI that the drugs were handed over to her in Harare and the same were to be delivered to two persons in Mumbai.

"Acting swiftly, DRI officers identified and nabbed the said recipients who had come to receive the passenger and the contraband, from outside the airport," the officer said.

The DRI suspects that a large syndicate of heroine supply is behind this as such a huge quantity has come to Mumbai by air. The officials are now interrogating and investigating further to unearth the entire chain of heroine supply.