Overview
- DRI’s Mumbai unit intercepted a woman arriving from Colombo based on specific intelligence at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
- Officers found nine pouches concealed inside nine coffee packets in her baggage, and an NDPS field kit indicated the substance was cocaine.
- The intended recipient at the airport was detained in a follow-up action, with three more alleged operatives linked to financing, logistics, collection and distribution taken into custody.
- All five suspects have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act after the seizure of 4.7 kilograms of cocaine valued at about Rs 47 crore.
- DRI says further investigation is underway to identify the wider transnational network connected to the shipment, reflecting intensified enforcement activity in the Mumbai zone.