Overview
- Acting on specific intelligence, DRI officers intercepted a female passenger arriving from Colombo at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
- Nine pouches hidden inside coffee packets were recovered from her baggage, with NDPS field tests indicating the substance was cocaine.
- The intended recipient at the airport was detained, and three additional suspects tied to financing, logistics and distribution were taken into custody.
- All five individuals have been booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, according to the finance ministry.
- The DRI highlighted a recent pattern of syndicates using Indian women as couriers and hiding narcotics in everyday food items, as the probe to dismantle the wider network continues.